Thanks Bill. Another brick in the wall.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Sent: 02 June 2015 01:29
To: CB&Q Group
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Decorah
Rupert and Archie,
Gregg, listed in the 1888 TT was and is now Westmont and East Grove,
also shown on the 1888 TT, was later renamed Fairview Avenue as it is today.
Both are regular stops for some trains. There was also a station north of
Aurora called Nifa (Northern Illinois Fair Association) which may have showed
up on some TTs. Some trains went to Nifa for horse racing attendees. When I was
young (long time ago) if you paid your fare on the train (as opposed to
purchasing a ticket at the depot) the conductor or collector would give you a
receipt that had all of the stations listed on it including Nifa. The conductor
punched the two stations you were traveling between. As I understand it, trains
only operated to Nifa when activities were going on there. I do not know how
people going to a Nifa event, knew which train to take and when. BTW, the
fairgrounds still exist, but there is no train service and the tracks may be
gone. Possibly, someone else knows that part of the story.
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