I'm thinking he was referring to the parking lot just to the east of the tracks
where Metra unloads. That's the area this track would have been. I think we all
have written an email or two that wasn't as concise to what we were thinking.
So now we know the location. As stated there hasn't been street level tracks
through this area in decades.
Dan
On Sep 18, 2013, at 10:42 AM, "cbq_9901" <cbq9901@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Schattl" <mike@...> wrote:
>>
>> That's the track I'm referring to.
>>
>> Mike Schattl
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dan
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Suburban service west
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>
> Mike,
> It's not, according to what you've previously written:
>> two tracks that ran west from the Aurora Transportation Center site >(before
>> it became the new Aurora station) alongside the viaduct to >the then in
>> service Aurora Station in downtown Aurora. The pics even >showed an Amtrak
>> Train powered by SDP40F's using these tracks. They >were abandoned and the
>> RoW was paved over for parking lot usage >later on in the 1970's. This RoW
>> can and should be used again for >commuter service west of Aurora, IL.
>
> Maybe you've confused "fill" and "viaduct."
>
> Michael Herren
>
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