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Glen Brewer
Railroad Glory Days
Glen, thanks for a great story and photos. After getting married in July 1959 my first residence was in a apartment just two blocks north of the Q's Fairview Ave. station in Downers Grove. I didn't know of this fan trip but sure wish I had as I'd surely have taken it.
Mark
KC, summer 1952 while junior engineer at EMD, lived just south of Stone Avenue STa., La Grange
Back in area May 1967 - 1970, King Arthur Apartments in Westmount, working in Downers Grove on Ogden Avenue in Bolt Beranek and Newman's "Chicago-area" office.
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