Re: [CBQ] Joliet line

[Ted Schnepf <railsunl@sbcglobal.net>]

Hello,

You should keep in mind the EJ&E was originally built from the coal 
mines, through Joliet to Spaulding (east of Elgin) and the Milwaukee 
Road connection to provide the Milwaukee with coal.  The EJ&E later 
built east of Joliet and north of Spaulding, becoming a bypass route 
and more than just a coal road.

Ted

At 07:29 PM 5/9/2013, you wrote:


>Thanks Charlie
>
>Pretty neat stuff as I didn't know about the Aurora-Joliet research, 
>My comment about Earlville-Sheridan -Joliet was that in our time 
>this was the line to Burgess. I simply suspect that several roads 
>were looking for coal around coal city/Wilmington as the 
>Streator/Ottawa stuff played out and it was my thought that the J 
>simply got there first and given the limited amount of coal the Q 
>decided not to go there.
>
>Leo
>

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