Re: [CBQ] New BRHS Digital Library !/Aurora,IL bypass

["trains@davidstreeter.net" <trains@davidstreeter.net>]

I could see such a line roughly paralleling the present-day US 30 (which 
itself is a relatively new bypass; I had a friend who was born in 1968 
and called it Bypass 30) from where it crosses the Q south of Montgomery 
to its junction with US 34, then that to the parcel of land the Q owned 
on the west side of Naperville ("Nabisco"). I could also see that line 
turning north to parallel the EJ&E to Eola. An awful lot of things would 
be different today if either of these had happened.
I don't see how a line starting 25+ miles southwest of Montgomery and 
going west could have had anything to do with it.
--
David Streeter

On 6/8/2023 10:00 AM, Leo Phillipp via groups.io wrote:
> Last night I spent a very enjoyable and educational hour reading articles on the new 
> BRHS Digital library. Rupert and Jack are to be commended. It’s easy to use and a literal 
> gold mine for research on the Q.
>
> I focused on the section about “Depots,Stations and Freight Stores” (would suggest changing 
> this to Depots,Stations,Freight houses and Storehouses). As an example of what’s now at our 
> fingertips, I learned so much I didn’t know about the construction of the Aurora elevation despite 
> previously reading everything I could find on the subject.
>
> One line in one of the articles stated the Q studied an Aurora,IL bypass that 
> would have been 16 miles long around Aurora to avoid all the street crossings. 
> It was eventually decided against it. Then the city of Aurora made the decision 
> to elevate mandatory with an ordinance. Despite looking through Q annual 
> reports from 1907-1915 I could learn nothing more about the potential bypass. 
> From my operational experiences my guess is would have swung east a bit before 
> Montgomery and run NE  to around Naperville.
> Charlie Vlk once mentioned that based on his research, he believed the 
> Joliet,Rockford and Northern, commonly known as the Burgess Jct. To Paw Paw line 
> was part of the bypass. Based on what I read last night that the Q researched the 
> bypass in 1908 while the J.R.&N. was built in 1881(I believe to move Streator 
> coal north via Paw Paw and Shabbona or Rockfalls/Sterling/Denrock) that likely was 
> not the case.
>
> Does anyone have additional info. On the potential Aurora bypass ?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo Phillipp

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