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First, while the depot was closed and effectively abandoned in 1986 when 
Metra moved to the roundhouse site (Amtrak having previously moved to 
Naperville), it was only demolished after part of the cornice fell onto 
Broadway sometime post-2010 (I forget the exact year).

Second, keep in mind that nothing here is on a due north-south or 
east-west alignment. Broadway is technically a n-s street and Clark e-w, 
but they are off from the cardinal directions by at least 30 degrees. 
The tracks go through on an angle of close to 45 degrees, northeast to 
southwest.

Clark seems like it's pretty far from the depot to have had a tunnel 
extending to it. I never explored the area when it was all still open, 
but I my understanding is that the entrance to the underpass to the 
platform stairs was outside the depot itself.

Okay, I just checked the Bing Maps street view, which is old enough to 
show the depot still standing. It appears that there was just a sidewalk 
along the southeast side of the tracks to just south of the corner of 
Broadway and Clark, where (as a train goes east) the embankment changes 
to the viaduct that carries the tracks to New York St. (okay, there is a 
short section of fill between Clark and Benton).

-- 
David Streeter

On 11/8/2021 11:57 AM, James Koretsky wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In the past I've ask for much information and help on the Aurora 
> Depot, that was in placed from the Early 30's through it's eventual 
> demolition in 1986, after being moved to the current location in 
> Aurora. Thank you to all those that answered.
>
> There is one question that I haven't asked, and I don't have my CB&Q 
> materials handy is to see if it covered, but was access to platforms 1 
> and 2, between tracks 2 and 3, done via the underpass that ran North / 
> South under the tracks from the Depot itself on the south side off 
> South Broadway, to the north side of the tracks, and up stairs. Was 
> there an underpass running under the tracks, from this pedestrian 
> underpass to the East on Clark street?
>
> James
>


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    <p>First, while the depot was closed and effectively abandoned in
      1986 when Metra moved to the roundhouse site (Amtrak having
      previously moved to Naperville), it was only demolished after part
      of the cornice fell onto Broadway sometime post-2010 (I forget the
      exact year).</p>
    <p>Second, keep in mind that nothing here is on a due north-south or
      east-west alignment. Broadway is technically a n-s street and
      Clark e-w, but they are off from the cardinal directions by at
      least 30 degrees. The tracks go through on an angle of close to 45
      degrees, northeast to southwest.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Clark seems like it's pretty far from the depot to have had a
      tunnel extending to it. I never explored the area when it was all
      still open, but I my understanding is that the entrance to the
      underpass to the platform stairs was outside the depot itself.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Okay, I just checked the Bing Maps street view, which is old
      enough to show the depot still standing. It appears that there was
      just a sidewalk along the southeast side of the tracks to just
      south of the corner of Broadway and Clark, where (as a train goes
      east) the embankment changes to the viaduct that carries the
      tracks to New York St. (okay, there is a short section of fill
      between Clark and Benton).<br>
    </p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
David Streeter</pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/8/2021 11:57 AM, James Koretsky
      wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;"
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;"
        class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;
          font-size: 12pt;">In the past I've ask for much information
          and help on the Aurora Depot, that was in placed from the
          Early 30's through it's eventual demolition in 1986, after
          being moved to the current location in Aurora. Thank you to
          all those that answered.<br>
        </span> </div>
      <div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;"
        class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;
          font-size: 12pt;"><br>
        </span> </div>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;"
        class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;
          font-size: 12pt;">There is one question that I haven't asked,
          and I don't have my CB&amp;Q materials handy is to see if it
          covered, but was access to platforms 1 and 2, between tracks 2
          and 3, done via the underpass that ran North / South under the
          tracks from the Depot itself on the south side off South
          Broadway, to the north side of the tracks, and up stairs. Was
          there an underpass running under the tracks, from this
          pedestrian underpass to the East on Clark street?<br>
        </span> </div>
      <div
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          font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;"
        class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;
          font-size: 12pt;">James</span></div>
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