![]() Apparently, sometime between 19, the connecting tracks over the C&WI tracks at Alton Junction were removed leaving only the C&A tracks from 21st Street (east of the Alton Junction) to 16th Street in place. Still later, it switched to the Union Station on the west side of the Chicago River via the PRR tracks at the bridge over the Chicago River just northwest of Alton Junction. Later, it switched to the IC Central Station further east via the St. That led to obsession with the source of the trackage west of the Junction and the terminus of the trackage at 16th Street.įrom all the information and diagrams that you and others have provided, it seems that the C&A first reached Chicago downtown passenger facilities via the Rock Island tracks to LaSalle Street Station crossing the C&WI tracks at Alton Junction at 21st Street. But, then the appearance of the Alton tracks east of the Junction in a 1931 map began to raise questions in my mind. When I started planning the layout, the Chicago & Alton was not even an issue in my mind. ![]() Initially, my main interest was in capturing the correct trackage for the AT&SF. I mentioned in my original post that I am seriously considering a layout in HO scale that covers Dearborn Station at Polk Street to Alton Junction at 21st Street and Stewart, including the ATSF passenger car facility between 16th and 18th Streets. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with an original copy of that diagram. You continue to pull rabbits out of the hat. Thank you so much for this latest information and diagram.
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