In Part 3 of our Chicago Great Western series, we continue to follow the trail of disused stations of the Chicago Great Western railway, along the Chicago to Oelwein route, this time from St Charles in Kane County to Sycamore, in DeKalb County, Illinois. We start this journey in St Charles, crossing over the Great Western Bridge that spans the Fox River. We then continue the journey by bicycle from the Great Western Trail trailhead at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, heading first to Wasco and Lily Lake in Campton Township, then Virgil and Richardson in Virgil Township, Kane County, and then reach our final destination in the city of Sycamore, county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois. Along the way, we talk about the history of each of the stations and the communities in which they resided.

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IMAGE CREDITS (NPR = www.newspapers.com, FB = www.facebook, FL = www.flickr.com)
US Geological Survey, livingatlas.arcgis.com
US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
1939 Illinois Aerial Photos, clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu
Mark Peterson, FL
John W Barriger Collection, FL
Illinois Digital Archives, idaillinois.org
David Fiore
Batavian Historian, www.bataviahistoricalsociety.org
drloihjournal.blogspot.com
Charles Kinzer, rrpicturearchives.net
www.worthpoint.com
Marty Bernard, FL
Northern Ogle Tempo, NPR
Dave Soderstrom, FB
ALbert Scharf, wikimedia.org
St Charles History Museum, www.stcmuseum.org
Mark Kaspar, FL
John W Barriger Collection, FL
Keith Bunner, FB
NIU Regional History Center, niu.edu/universitylibraries/collections/rhc
St Charles Chronicle, idaillinois.org
industrialscenery.blogspot.com
Chuck Zeiler
Google Maps, www.google.com/maps
Shaw Local newspaper
Northern Illinois Digital Collections, digital.lib.niu.edu
Campton Township Open Space, FB
Chicago and Northwestern Historical Society, www.cnwhs.org
Daily Herald, NPR
Lucinda Corron
David Rumsey Map Collection, davidrumsey.com
True Republican, Illinois Digital Newspapers
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Jamie Snyder, FB
Joiner Room, Dekalb History Center, www.dekalbcountyhistory.org
US Census records, www.familysearch.org
1904 Kane County Map
townsandnature.blogspot.com
Raymond Storey, FB
Steve Swedberg, FB
Jim Kelly, FB
Walt Dunlap, FB
Sycamore Tribune, Illinois Digital Newspapers
Friends of the West Chicago Museum, FB
Annette Gruskovak, FL
Carol Highsmith, wikimedia.org
nstein9, FL
KDEeyore, FL
austen777, FL

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MODEL CREDITS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to fellow railway researchers and viewers for information and images regarding CGW stations, on Facebook, Flickr, and other social media venues
Great thanks to the people that created and maintain the Great Western Trail, both the eastern and western sections!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Opening
00:00:22 Recap & Intro
00:01:04 St Charles Station
00:04:40 Great Western Bridge
00:07:40 Great Western Trail
00:10:19 Wasco
00:14:26 Lily Lake
00:18:27 Virgil
00:21:36 Richardson
00:24:26 Sycamore
00:31:02 Closing
00:31:42 End Titles

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