[Magdalen] Railroads

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Oftentimes in the states the RR stations are still where they were decades ago and the quality of the neighborhoods has decreased significantly. 
Ly

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On May 31, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 31/05/2016 02:00, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> In a message dated 5/30/2016 5:00:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> 
> used to  take the train to LaCrosse to see him,  >>>>>>>>
>  The tracks of the Burlington Zephyr as it came into LaCrosse were  in
> the golf course of the LaCrosse Country Club.  It was an unusual
> entry into the city.

That certainly is unusual.  My experience is that generally railroads enter a city through the less attractive, therefore less desirable areas because the land is cheaper there.

Roger