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A couple additional notes.
The subway went under all the tracks and there was an entrance just east of=
 the tower that allowed access from the parking lot on the North side of th=
e complex.
The south entrance of the subway was outside the depot under what I=E2=80=
=99ll call a portico or glass cover. The Aurora Burlington Credit union was=
 located in this same area. One had to go up a set of cement steps to acces=
s the depot waiting room.

Leo Phillipp

> On Nov 8, 2021, at 1:22 PM, trains@davidstreeter.net wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> First, while the depot was closed and effectively abandoned in 1986 when =
Metra moved to the roundhouse site (Amtrak having previously moved to Naper=
ville), it was only demolished after part of the cornice fell onto Broadway=
 sometime post-2010 (I forget the exact year).
>=20
> Second, keep in mind that nothing here is on a due north-south or east-we=
st 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.
>=20
> Clark seems like it's pretty far from the depot to have had a tunnel exte=
nding 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.
>=20
> Okay, I just checked the Bing Maps street view, which is old enough to sh=
ow the depot still standing. It appears that there was just a sidewalk alon=
g 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 viadu=
ct that carries the tracks to New York St. (okay, there is a short section =
of fill between Clark and Benton).
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> --=20
> David Streeter
> On 11/8/2021 11:57 AM, James Koretsky wrote:
>> Hi All,=20
>>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> There is one question that I haven't asked, and I don't have my CB&Q mat=
erials 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 stre=
et?
>>=20
>> James
>>=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=
=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">A couple additional no=
tes.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">The subway went under all the tracks and there w=
as an entrance just east of the tower that allowed access from the parking =
lot on the North side of the complex.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">The south entra=
nce of the subway was outside the depot under what I=E2=80=99ll call a port=
ico or glass cover. The Aurora Burlington Credit union was located in this =
same area. One had to go up a set of cement steps to access the depot waiti=
ng room.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Leo Phillipp</div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Nov 8, 2021, at 1:22 PM,=
 trains@davidstreeter.net wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=
=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF
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">
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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=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20
David Streeter</pre>
    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 11/8/2021 11:57 AM, James Koretsky
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:1770779340.78323.1636394238912@co=
nnect.xfinity.com">
      <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF=
-8">
      <meta charset=3D"UTF-8">
      <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          font-size: 12pt;">Hi All,</span> <br>
      </div>
      <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          font-size: 12pt;"><br>
        </span> </div>
      <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          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=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          font-size: 12pt;"><br>
        </span> </div>
      <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          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 style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          font-size: 12pt;"><br>
        </span> </div>
      <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;c=
olor:#333333;" class=3D"default-style"> <span style=3D"font-family: helveti=
ca;
          font-size: 12pt;">James</span></div>
      <br>
    </blockquote>
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