[CBQ] Re: BN derailment at Downers Grove, IL (Belmont Ave)

["Joe" <mp36er@sbcglobal.net>]

They dug up a lot of merchandise from the wreck when they were excavating for 
the new underpass at Belmont. The construction crews were baffled why there 
were parts of boats buried in the ground.

Joe LeMay

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Steve's memory is correct about the Belmont wreck. Dead headed into Cicero to 
> work west that morning. Made it all the way to Aurora in 16 hrs. When we went 
> by Belmont Hulcher was still filling in the hole where the new depot and 
> parking lot are located.
> 
> I recall that there was a lot of merchandise,clothing,TVs,outboard motors,etc 
> lying about
> 
> Leo Phillipp
> 





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