There used to be a huge coal strip mine east of this town. The mine was initially served by CB&Q and then later by TP&W. The CB&Q route is abandoned, and the TP&W route is now owned by the Keokuk Junction Railway.
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| Roger Kujawa posted Cuba, Illinois post card. Toledo Peoria and Western and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads. The Q depots were usually brown so I think the Q depot is on the right but not sure. You can see TPW cars on the interchange track in the back. The Burlington Line was originally the Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railroad from Galesburg to Havana Illinois. Part of the line survived into the 1980’s to serve local coal mines. John Stell Both depots were in southeast quadrant of the diamond. Dennis DeBruler United Electric Coal's Cuba #9 Mine was first served by CB&Q and then later also by TP&W. https://towns-and-nature.blogspot.com/.../cuba-il-united... |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post They are now a clump of trees. The track in the foreground was the TP&W so I agree that the white depot is TP&W and the darker one is CB&Q. https://www.google.com/.../@40.4906482,-90.../data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Depot At Cuba, Illinois. 1907 Zach Malcolm shared |
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| Chris Tippey commented on Andy's post I believe this is the same depot, but the details are different. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post 1948 Lewistown Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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