Growing up in Glen Ellyn, Il, I had a couple of morning paper routes delivering the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times. With the some of the money I made, I would take one of the CN&W commuter trains to Elmhurst, stop at Al's and buy a few things for the HO layout I used to have. Then I'd catch the train back to Glen Ellyn about 45 minutes later.. I started doing that when I was in 7th grade and really enjoyed my "train adventures". I miss those days but sure had fun and of course, it helped to know the trains schedules.
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