Wasn't there a track that ran up to the main from the area around the round
houses. It appears that there is a grade for one behind the roundhouse hotel
area. Maybe it was just a service road.
Dan
On Sep 17, 2013, at
10:34 PM, "cbq_9901" <cbq9901@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've lived in Aurora all my life (60 years) and can assure you that
no such CB&Q tracks ever existed after the viaduct was built. The whole
point of the viaduct was to get the tracks out of the Aurora (east) downtown
business district. The only street-level tracks in the business district were
street car tracks or the CA&E.
> Not to mention that what you're
proposing would involve at least 6 (!) grade crossings across VERY busy
streets and the purchase of the R-O-W land.
> All this just to add
trains from Aurora to the proposed western terminals? It's a lead pipe cinch
that there are very few folks in Aurora interested in riding to Yorkville or
Plano. They're simply not destinations. Nothing there to see or do.
Yorkville/Plano to/from Chicago? You bet! But you don't need to stop at
Aurora!
>
> Michael Herren
> Aurora
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