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1 hour ago, Elkmn said:

They should grade seperate the Up-n between evanston and winnetka

Kenilworth would never allow it, and I don't think Wilmette would tolerate the disruption. Also, I don't see how they would get bidrectional service thru the construction zone. Does your extensive civil engineering experience yield any practical answers?

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12 hours ago, Elkmn said:

They should grade seperate the Up-n between evanston and winnetka

That didn't happen in the 1930s, because Wilmette was too poor during the great Depression to pay of any of it.  That's why Winnetka is grade separated & Wilmette & Kenilworth aren't.  The grade separation was a project of Winnetka village president Harold Ickes, who went on to work for FDR in the white house.  The story of the grade separation is on the wall in the station houses at Winnetka & Hubbard Woods.

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