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To: Erasmus

The Hiawatha (Burlington/Northern RR)
(cough)Milwaukee Road(cough)

(harumph) The North Shore Line route of the “Electroliners” frozen out by being prohibited from using Chicago elevated line trackage (ahem)


38 posted on 01/19/2012 12:50:30 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Moses ..A nick name I received as a kid for warning another -It's a sin to tell a lie")
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To: mosesdapoet
(harumph) The North Shore Line route of the “Electroliners” frozen out by being prohibited from using Chicago elevated line trackage (ahem)

(sigh)Something like that happened to the Chicago Aurora and Elgin when they ripped up the west side Chicago trackage which had provided direct access to downtown, in order to build the Congress (later the Eisenhower) expressway. I only got to ride it a few times before that happened. It had been very convenient to walk out the second-story front door of the Wells Street terminal of the CA&E directly onto the Loop L platform.(sniff)

40 posted on 01/22/2012 12:06:35 AM PST by Erasmus (Singing: "Zhivago, Zhivago, you come when I'm sick...")
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