
DG 'Rusty' Alderson,
TOAST President
Mostly 1830 -1930
Rusty's
All American
Stories
​
Not an official Metra Site
Gilded Age & Train Historian
Train Railfan
Historical Characters, Lincoln Family,
Frontier Arizona, Early Railroads

TOAST email: GAstorybook@gmail.com
Reduce your track anxiety

Listen for track arrival announcement
7 min. before train scheduled arrival

One Passenger's Experience
Passenger Alert
​
" Why are all those people going under the downed crossing gates?"
​
Background: Safety Concerns at Geneva Station
​
​
Oh no! Is he trying to outrun the freight train to get to the crossing?
I don't believe it ... the freight train missed him by 10 feet!
​
Inbound to Chicago trains arriving on the South track stopping or slowing down to let passengers on Platform
​to cross tracks to get to Platform 2
​
Inbound trains on the South track NOT stopping or slowing down causing passengers to miss their trains.
​​​​
​