Re: [CBQ] Just in passing ................

["Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>]

The fourth main was built between Eola and Downers Grove in the late 20s(‘28 and ‘29) and was removed in ‘32 and ‘33 when the Great Depression hit. Besides evidence in employee timetables and track diagrams there is still one last remnant at Downers Grove between Belmont and Main St. on the north side where a track runs parallel to the mains before swinging a bit northerly into what is left of the Downers Grove yard.

That’s short stretch is the last physical evidence of the fourth main. That is, other than bridge abutments at Salt creek and the Du Page river.

I do have a photo taken between Lisle and Naperville depicting the existence of the fourth in my collection. I think there’s a copy in the members only photo section of the BRHS website.

The elevation plans were resurrected after WWII in great detail(the BRHS archives has a copy ). The railroad and most the suburbs were anxious to proceed. But Berwyn and one other town(which I can’t recall at this moment) refused to agree and the plan died.

Leo Philipp

On Dec 9, 2020, at 10:27 PM, Stephen Levine via groups.io <sjl_prodigynet=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I guess the electrification and 4th track on the Chicago-Aurora mainline got cut from the final project 

On Dec 9, 2020, at 7:28 PM, Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wrote:



A few snippets from 1913

Check cashing

To remove temptation as far as possible from the employees of the CB&Q, that road has issued an order prohibiting the men from cashing their pay checks in saloons.  Arrangements have been made with the local banks to keep open the evenings of pay days to accommodate the men. One saloonkeeper in Aurora is said to have cashed over $15,000 worth of checks in a single night. (Railway Age Gazette)

 

Nursery cars

Special cars, with nurseries for babies, were suggested as desirable new equipment for overland and limited trains on the Burlington system at a recent meeting of passenger agents. (Popular Mechanics)

 

Safety instruction car

The safety department of the CB&Q of which E M Switzer is the superintendent has had a car fitted up especially for use in the “safety first” campaign. It is arranged similar to a small theater, having seats for 70 persons, and a platform with a large screen on which moving pictures will be shown during lectures to be given by Mr Switzer. Lectures will be given form this car at prominent places on all parts of the Burlington system, the purpose being to have the car go to the men instead of requiring the men to go to a hall to attend the lectures. (Railway Age Gazette)

 

Track elevation & electrification

This company, it is reported, is planning the elevation of its trackage between Chicago and Aurora, Ill., a distance of about 40 miles. If the plans are finally ratified, work will begin next spring. The elevated portion will be four-tracked and electrified. The cost is estimated at about $25,000,000, the expenditure of which will be distributed over several years. W. L. Breckenridge, Chicago, Ill., is Engr. M. W. (Engineering News)

 

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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