Kelly v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

For several years an accommodation train on the Chicago, Bock Island and Pacific Bailway ran between Joliet and Chicago, and left Joliet at 6:40 a. m. each week day. During the night the train is stored at the Eastern Avenue yards, a half mile or more east of the depot in Joliet, and, before train time each morning, it is backed down to the depot to receive its passengers. At the depot the tracks run in an easterly and westerly direction. There are two main tracks, and the depot and platform are on the north side of said tracks. The depot is about 17 feet from the first track, and that…