Talk:LaSalle Street Station

Info from A Guide to Chicago's Train Stations Present and Past by Ira J. Bach and Susan Wolfson
first depot built 1866 by LS&MS and CRI&P, designed by W. W. Boyington, severely damaged in 1871 fire, but enough remained to incorporate the old into a rebuilding, headhouse increased by two stories in 1887, demolished at beginning of century

begun in 1902 and finished 1903, designed by Frost and Granger, similar to predecessor, mail and baggage on ground level and tracks on second floor with elevators, 12 story steel framed office building at headhouse for LS&MS and CRI&P, demolished 1981 and replaced by small commuter station south of Congress Street, Midwest Stock Exchange is on former site --SPUI (talk) 03:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

inconsistency
The article mentions more stations than in the counts given on the page. 1852 1866 1872-3 (after the fire rebuilding...this station was gutted during the fire) 1902-3 current That's five stations, not 3. Changes made to make consistent. Icebox93 (talk) 22:22, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

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Englewood connection
I would hardly say that the connection between Penn Central and Rock Island was completed in 1971. The earthwork and bridge work were completed (and may still exist for all I know), but I do not believe any of the trackwork, signal work, etc. were ever done, and hence the connection can not be considered as completed.

The money committed to this work by both Penn Central and Rock Island had to be significant, and it's a bit surprising that there was no firm commitment by the Rock Island to actually use the connection to provide a return on the investment. It is worth noting that Penn Central declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970), and the Rock Island's financial condition was spiraling downhill rapidly (they would declare bankruptcy on March 17, 1975).

Perhaps there was a good faith effort to build the connection, but given both railroads' financial condition, they may have agreed to finish the work that was in progress, and then suspend the rest of the project.

I suspect the meat of this belongs in the Englewood Station article, but there should be some mention of it in the LaSalle Street Station article because the connection's completion would have obviated the need for LaSalle Street's existence.

JonRoma (talk) 18:58, 5 October 2020 (UTC)