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North Shore Line @ Linden Wilmette
Posted by classicalman114 on Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:19 AM

 Linden CTA Station 1993How and where precisely did the North Shore continue its right of way beyond Linden? I don't see any evidence of it across the street.

 

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Posted by HarveyK400 on Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:49 PM

classicalman114

Linden CTA Station 1993How and where precisely did the North Shore continue its right of way beyond Linden? I don't see any evidence of it across the street.

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Trains ran interurban fashion in Greenleaf Avenue in Wilmette, a block north of Linden Avenue, to a private row on the east side of the C&NW.  Service was discontinued on July 25, 1955.  See the CERA Bulletin 107, Map 1, p 174 for a track schematic.

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Posted by classicalman114 on Monday, September 28, 2009 6:19 PM

 So did they turn up that small portion of Linden to get there?

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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:49 AM

It was street-running on Greenfield Avenue, double-track, just like any normal streetcar line.   Remember that the Shore Line route was not built at one time.   It grew from a series of local streetcar lines that connected and merged.  The CERA Bulletin (beautiful hard-cover book) "Interurban to Milwaukee" is your best source of information.   Glad I rode it.

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Posted by artpeterson on Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:27 PM

No, they crossed Linden to the east of the CRT/CTA station and terminal.  On PROW with the station on the north side of Linden, IIRC.  Then the line curved to the west to enter the in-street trackage on Greenleaf Avenue that Dave and the others have already mentioned.  Hope this helps, Art

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