http://www.nbcchicago.com/inve...tower-221887391.html
Step into Metra’s tower at the A2 interlock and you step back in time. The tower, near Grand Avenue and Western, was built in 1907. The switching system inside was state-of-the-art.
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$100,000,000 to replace the tower and switch controls in Tower A2? Good lord, the entire physical plant and equipment of Metra must be worth $44 trillion, +/- !
it could even cost as much as $180,000,000 as some "experts" say...man what i wouldn't give to spend one weekday rush hour in A2....so freakin cool.
Originally Posted by mark s:
$100,000,000 to replace the tower and switch controls in Tower A2? Good lord, the entire physical plant and equipment of Metra must be worth $44 trillion, +/- !
C'mon Mark, you're local! You know everything costs more here!!
Originally Posted by c.martino:
it could even cost as much as $180,000,000 as some "experts" say...man what i wouldn't give to spend one weekday rush hour in A2....so freakin cool.
I agree, I would love to see it as is in the middle of rush hour!
That is very cool! A-2 tower is what most of us think of when we think of big time, big city railroading.
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