[CBQ] Geneva Branch-Annual Meet

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I was doing research on an upcoming article,looking for info  on So 
Aurora,IL when I stumbled on an 1895 Q ETT in my collection. Found some  things 
that will be of interest for the annual meet at Geneva.
 
On the Chicago & Mendota line the "FRV Junction" was .3  miles west of 
Montgomery. Note this is a junction,not a xing. On the Aurora  & Forreston 
Branch the Geneva switch is 1.6 miles west of the Aurora station  at La Salle & 
New York Sts.,.7 miles west of South Aurora and .1 miles west  of the "J" 
xing. 
 
So this means that the "Fox Valley" trains would have to go to  the Aurora 
Depot and then travel west again to go up the Geneva branch. There 6  trains 
each way on the "Aurora & Streator" branch and one round trip a day  on the 
"Aurora & Geneva" Branch. A second class train.
 
But here's the real nugget ,in the notes to the Aurora &  Geneva branch TT:
TRAINS WILL COME TO A FULL STOP AT THE STOP BOARD BEFORE  CROSSING THE C&NW 
-RR TRACK AT GENEVA !!
 
How much farther North did the Geneva branch go  ????????????????????
 
Leo Phillipp


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