[Magdalen] Railroads

[Charles Wohlers]

No doubt the railroad was there before the golf course.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Roger Stokes 
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:34 PM 
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org 
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Railroads 

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