Matt,

 

Thanks for giving me further insights into the Geneva station situation.

 

During my quest to become more knowledgeable ​about railroads, I came across these block busters:

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   Abraham Lincoln's

oldest son Robert

became a Railroad Baron

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 William Van Horne, the son of Joliet's first mayor, not only became a Railroad Baron but was knighted by Queen Victoria for building the Canadian Transcontinental Railroad

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Van Horne's relative, Samuel Reed

served as construction superintendent (2nd in command)  behind Grenville Dodge for the Union Pacific as it built across the frontier to meet the Central Pacific in Utah.

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UP's Thomas Durant late for 

event of the century!

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