Chicago, IL Depot: B&O 63rd Street

(Satellite, of course the station is gone now)

David Daruszka commented on a posting
The tracks closest to Western were the B&O, Pere Marquette and Pennsy Panhandle lines. The B&O had a small station at 63rd.

1938 Aerial Photo
from ILHAP

It was north of 63rd on the west side of the tracks.

BRHS posted
This two-story frame depot was constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad circa-1890 at 63rd Street on the southwest side of Chicago.
It was a scheduled stop for the B&O's Capital Limited and the C&O's Pere Marquette passenger trains right up to April of 1971 when Amtrak took over most intercity passenger train service.
This station stood on the north side of 63rd Street and on the west side of the B&O tracks.
Mark Kocol Is there an exact address - 63rd and what cross street? I’m an old SW wider from Midway Airport area.
The Blackhawk Railway Historical Society The cross street was Bell Avenue, 2300 West; Bell ran south from 63rd Street, but not north.
[There are some comments about the agen living in the station with his family.]
Albert Carello Looks cute!
David Daruszka Standard B&O station design.
Albert Carello David Daruszka Distinctive especially designed for the B&O.

William Shapotkin posted this "Photo 2" along with the photo above that was already posted by BRHS
Dubbed "The Madison (or sometimes "Main") Street of the South Side," 63rd St once hosted numerous stations of railroads operating trains entering Chicago from the south.
This two-story frame depot (constructed circa-1890) was located on the north side of 63rd appox 2 blocks east of Western Ave and west of the B&OCT trks. The depot remained in-service until the arrival of Amtrak (May 1, 1971), serving passenger trains of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake and Ohio (the former Pere Marquette Railway). Built at grade level, after trk elevation, psgrs had to climb up stairs (visible at right) to board their trns. View looks N-N/W. (Photo 1)
Picture of station during trk elevation in the early 20th Century. (Photo 2)
Sadly, this building (which was nearly identical (or should I say "similar" (?)) to the B&OCT stations in Harvey, IL and Hammond, IN) is no longer with us.
David Daruszka Track elevation in progress.

William commented on his post
Undated photo of the Hammond, IN station -- BTW, the agent lived upstairs.
Tim Foley Francis The wide roof allows windows to stay open in the rain. I just learned that this morning from another post.

William Shapotkin posted again.

Richard Fiedler commented on William's post
That’s the west side looking east and you get a peek at the platform, stairs, and shelter too!

Richard Fiedler commented on William's post
There were I believe 3 stub team/ house tracks on the west side of the building you can see the lead descending the grade from the north.