Identifier: electricrailway381911newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Aurora, Elgin & Chicago—Loading Platform Above Fifth Avenue Terminal Station structure in Chicago, westward through Wheaton to theoperate at a maximum of 70 m.p.h. The road haulsfreight and has track connections, either directly orthrough belt-line roads, with all of the steam lines enter-ing Chicago. ROADWAY AND TRACK As shown by the map on page 220 the line has adouble track between Chicago and Wheaton, a distanceof 25.5 miles. West of Wheaton the tracks diverge. One structure in Chicago, westward through Wheaton to thefour termini at Aurora, Batavia, Geneva and Elgin, alltrack, including that within municipalities, is upon privateright-of-way. The Fox River valley division from Carpen-tersville southward through the four cities just named andon through Oswego to Yorkville is built upon the highwaywhen it passes through the municipalities, but largely uponprivate rights-of-way in the country. The right-of-wayof the third-rail division varies in width from 66 ft. to 100
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Aurora, Elgin & Chicago—Joint Station on Metropolitan Elevated at Marshfield Avenue Junction extends northwesterly from Wheaton to Elgin, a distanceof 16 miles, the other in a southwesterly direction to Au-rora, a distance of 15 miles. There are also branches fromEola Junction, on the Aurora branch, to Batavia, 6 miles,and from Geneva Junction, on the Elgin branch, to Geneva,10 miles. A 3-mile trolley line from Bellwortd to Oak ft. and is protected by a woven wire fence 5 ft. high, thestreet and highway intersections being closed in with wingfences and the track is protected throughout by Climaxtile cattle guards. The table on the following page shows the trackage ofthe system subdivided into sections. 222 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6. miles OF track of aurora, elgin & Chicago railroad il/2 horizontal to i vertical. In grading the single-track Third-Rail Division. branches, many of the heavy cuts were excavated for tne Main. Second. Siding, industrial. Tota

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