Jack,
In addition to Dougs response most of the following are self explanatory(I think) but here they are just in case: Rockford Branch-Rockford to Flag Center connection to C&I Fox River branch-Montgomery-Streator I.V. &N.-Streator-Walnut Jct(on the Mendota-Denrock line) via La Salle and Zearing Rockfalls(Sterling)branch-Earlville-Sterling via PawPaw. West Chicago branch- north end of Aurora shops near Indian creek to West Chicago East end- everybody knows that one Pea Vine-Galesburg to Savanna Main line- (as referenced on the Aurora div) Aurora-Galesburg. Baker main(at least that’s what the old heads called it when I was Property(Earlville-Baker). Did run to jct with Fox River branch prior to late 50s. Jct known by various names, Sheridan Jct, Burgess Jct,Catherine. Mount Morris branch- Oregon to Mt Morris. Prior to Great Depression ran to Forreston. West Batavia- Jct on C&I at West Aurora to West Batavia. Prior to late 19 teens went to Geneva. Paw Paw to Shabbona- dont know what it was called. Pulled up early in Great Depression.
Leo Ps- there are some other spurs on the Aurora div. that are long forgotten that I am researching for a future BRHS article.
On Sep 20, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Doug Hartman <douglas.p.hartman@gmail.com> wrote:
Aurora to Savanna, IL: "C & I" for what was the Chicago and Iowa. For Aurora crews, "around the horn" meant going from Savanna to Clyde via Denrock and Mendota then up the Main Line rather than along the C & I Hello all:
I am working on a little project for the BRHS web site and could use a little help. What I am wanting is to learn more about these "named" routes that I hear mentioned by authors to this site. For example the "K" line.
Can some of you smart people supply me with a few of these most often mentioned routes and what are the O/D pairs and the intermediate junctions in the path -- without doing a whole lot of work? I am not wanting to make a big deal of work for anyone. I can pretty well guess what most of them are, but I just want to compile a list of popular route names, and be able to correctly use these frequently used route names with more then my best assumptions as to the path.
Thanks!
Jack Schroeder
Jack@highlandwebworks.com
Hurst, TX
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