Sorry Louis.I forgot to add the time span. 1923-25. This dragged on for some
time before all 5 union locals and mgmt. to reached an agreement.
I don't have a lot of Aurora Division Horse blanket ETTs but #43 of 4/26/25
doesn't show a J grade xing. But the file clearly states EJ&E xing.
Leo
> On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:39 PM, qutlx1@aol.com wrote:
>
> I just completed reading a thick file concerning the setting of the division
> of work responsibility for yard crews and road crews between the various
> union committees on the Aurora Division and management. Pretty tedious read
> except for the tidbits that jump out every once in awhile. Two points at
> Eola, in particular, were of special interest.
>
> Mgmt. proposed that the general switching limits east of Eola be at the coal
> chute at East Eola. The joint union committee suggested the EJ&E xing.
>
> What's of special note to me is that this confirms beyond argument that there
> was a coal chute just west of the EJ & E xing on the mainline. I make this
> point because I have had guys argue With me that there never was such a
> facility(even during a presentation).
>
> Secondly that the J did indeed cross the Q at grade. If your familiar with
> the area you know Eola is built on a boggy area. The J would have had a hard
> pull in either direction.
> There's still a marshy area that is now a DuPage County Preserve.
>
> Leo Phillipp
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