Poplar

Poplar Avenue and Vallette Street, City of Elmhurst

History:

Full station profile and history coming soon.

Additional Photos

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A post-shutdown shot of the Poplar station as seen looking east from the crossing of Poplar Avenue. Weeds are beginning to overtake the right of way and are coming up through cracks in the platforms but the tracks and third rail are still in place.

Photo by Don Bruno

Sources:

  1. “Ask Railroad Station at Poplar Ave. on C. A. E.” The Elmhurst Press [Elmhurst, IL] 29 May 1931: 1.
  2. “NEW STATION AT POPLAR AVENUE GIVEN APPROVAL.” The Elmhurst Press [Elmhurst, IL] 31 Jul. 1931: 1.
  3. “NEW POPLAR AVE. C. A. E. STATION TO OPEN NEXT WEEK.” The Elmhurst Press [Elmhurst, IL] 20 Nov. 1931: 1.
  4. “WILL DEDICATE POPLAR AVENUE C. A. E. STATION.” The Elmhurst Press [Elmhurst, IL] 27 Nov. 1931: 1.
  5. Plachno, Sunset Lines - History 473
  6. Juneau, William. “Firms Rent Stations After Service Ends.” Chicago Daily Tribune 6 Nov. 1960: W1.
  7. Kertz, Jane. “Actors Bring Life to Old Station.” Chicago Tribune 23 Jun. 1963: W2.
  8. “History of the IPPc.” ipp.org. Illinois Prairie Path, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2011.