[Magdalen] Railroads

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 1, 2016 11:02 AM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Railroads
>
>Oftentimes in the states the RR stations are still where they were decades ago and the quality of the neighborhoods has decreased significantly. 
>Ly
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>Some of them are changed to boutiques or restaurants

Joe
>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