Month: January 2012

It’s been a long time since 1856 when the Roundhouse opened to facilitate the railways in Aurora, Illinois. After more than 100 years of locomotive repair, maintenance, and pioneering the Westward expansion of the freight system, the shop closed down in 1974 only to go abandoned until 1995 when Walter Payton purchased the building, turning… Continue reading Two Brothers Roundhouse in a Nutshell

As another weather system dumped roughly six inches of snow on the Chicagoland area during the evening rush hour Friday night, I contemplated what my weekend might entail as I sat in long lines of traffic.  I received my first shipment from the Craft Beer Club during the week and hoped to sample each kind,… Continue reading An Opportunist’s Weekend in Beer