Steubenville, IN: Depot and Tower for Wabash and NYC

(Satellite, the tower is gone and the depot has been moved)

John Storer posted
Larry Jack: Depot building is on south side of pleasant lake. [I spent some time looking for it on a satellite image, but I could not find it.]
Craig Jon Berndt: The depot is in very poor condition. Five years ago the owner tried to find someone to relocate and preserve it, but there were no takers. Twenty+ years ago I stopped to photograph it and the owner, now deceased, told me that he and his brother-in-law moved it there from Steubenville on two wagons. He asked if I wanted the depot sign, and of course I did. We looked for it in the garage and it wasn't there. We finally found it, in pieces. Grandkids had cut it up for a skateboard ramp.

Terry Wisel Heintz updated
Michelle Smith Sheffield: The depot is at my cousin’s farm. He would love to find a new home for it!
Tom Cochran: Michelle Smith Sheffield he needs to talk to the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society.
Eric Davis: Where was this located?

Dennis DeBruler responded to Eric's question
I dropped a pin on the crossing we see in the left side of the photo.

https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2...

That was a simple junction, I see only a couple of signaling pipelines leaving the tower.

It appears the buildings were on the south side of the track. The NYC was the north/south route and the Wabash ran east/west.

1942 Ashley Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

When I saw the spur going south from the Wabash on the east side of the NYC, I checked out the satellite image. I wonder what was mined because the lake has grown since 1942. Were they digging marl for cement like they did at the end of a Wabash spur in Stroh?

Satellite

Originally, the NYC route was the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw and then the Lake Shore & Southern Michigan and then it was absorbed by NYC.

Terry Wisel Heintz posted
Steubenville Indiana.
Tim Shanahan shared

The resolution of a 1958 aerial photo is poor, but it appears the buildings are north of the Wabash tracks. So this train is southbound.

A different exposure of this photo.

Bill Molony posted
Steubenville, Indiana was where the New York Central Railroad's branch between Jackson, Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana crossed the Wabash Railroad's main line between Chicago and Detroit.
Back in the 1920's the NYC had two steam passenger locals and a motor car run each way daily that stopped here.
The Wabash had one daytime and one night express each way between Chicago and Detroit each way daily that were not scheduled to stop here.

Terry Wisel Heintz posted
Steubenville.

Dennis DeBruler: Where the Wabash crossed the NYC.

West Duluth, MN: C Reiss Coal and Superior Fuel Rail Terminal

Reiss Coal: (Satellite)

Superior Fuel: (Satellite)

I remember this dock area from when I studied the steel plant that was a little west of here. The propane transloading is new enough that it doesn't show up yet on the satellite image. I wanted to record that some coal gets shipped from the east to here. Is it anthracite? Generally, Powder River Basin coal gets shipped from this region to the Midwest. The boat in the photo is an old one because it has the pilot house on the bow.

(Update: just the day after I published this, I learned that there is also a C Reiss Coal Dock in Green Bay, WI.)

David Schauer posted
I wanted to get a shot of the new Superior Fuel propane transload and storage facility at the former Hallett 7 (Carnegie) dock in West Duluth. The Hon. James L. Oberstar is in the distance at C. Reiss unloading eastern coal loaded at Toledo and used locally as blending fuel in biomass plants and for periodic test burns in some of the pellet plants. 9/23/2021

These docks are served by BNSF/Northern Pacific.

1954 West Duluth Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

Other materials help keeps the dock in business.

David Schauer posted
Algoma Transport arriving at the C. Reiss dock in West Duluth with a load of salt. The Transport is on the retirement watch list. 11/3/2021
Mike Zins: Isn't any boat loading salt on the watch list?
David Schauer: Mike Zins Yep, except the ones with special coating for salt hauling (e.g., the new Mark Barker).
Isaac Pennock: Transport scheduled to be retired at the end of the 2023 season as announced by Algoma.

The dock company is on the right in this photo.

Street View, taken from the Bong Bridge

The dock is on the left and the bridge is on the right.

Street View

 Rich Hoeg, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr.com/photos/northstarnerd/ via Historic Bridges
"This railroad bridge is noted for its very large swing span." [430']
[Again, the dock is in the background.]

The dock company also handles bulk materials other than coal.

Street View
[We can clearly see the piles built by the self-unloaders on the ships.]

This historical photo of the Zenith Furnace Co. shows that the C Reiss Coal Dock was probably built on landfill.

1905?. "Zenith Furnace Company, Duluth, Minnesota." University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, Accessed January 3, 2021. https://reflections.mndigital.org/catalog/nemhc:4576 via DeBruler, cropped

The 1954 topo above shows that the landfill was built by then.

Sammy Maida posted
This photo isn't mine, file photo from Basgen in 59 of Zenith Furnace/Interlake Iron at Duluth, present day Reiss Coal docks.

 

David Schauer posted
Arthur M. Anderson arriving Duluth with limestone for C. Reiss. 10/4/2021

David Schauer posted
Today the weather-delayed Clarke and Anderson both arrived Duluth with limestone. I elected to stick with the Clarke as it was going upriver to C. Reiss whereas the Anderson was going to CN-Hallett Dock 5 and I could get her later. This might be the last winter for large commercial ships to C. Reiss' West Duluth facility depending on how quick they get their Superior terminal up and running. The funky snow patterns on fresh ice also made for some really neat images (almost makes me dizzy looking at that pattern). The open water and track in the ice near the stern was from a small USCG buoy tender swapping out summer to winter aids to navigation. 11/22/2022
Eric Allen: Sorry to hear of the Duluth slip closing. Maybe someone else can purchase it?
David Schauer: Eric Allen The land might be usable for other storage options. The Superior site next to MERC has a deeper draft channel.

 

David Schauer posted
A sucker hole of sunlight illuminated the bow of the Clarke as it made the turn into C. Reiss in western Duluth last week. If you look close you can see sister Anderson headed to CN-Hallett Dock 5 in the distance. 11/22/2022
[This Nov 22 ice looks thicker than the Dec 4 ice in the following photo.]

David Schauer posted
Heritage Marine tug Helen H softens ice as the Anderson departs C. Reiss in West Duluth on Sunday just after sunrise. 12/4/2022
David Szymanski: Is C. Reiss the only customer that uses shipping traffic on that of the bridge?
David Schauer: Yes.
Duane Haigh: Do They still use that railroad line ?
David Schauer: Duane Haigh Yes, main route between Duluth and Superior operated by BNSF and also used by CP and UP.

Schauer Photo Images posted 
A double rainbow over the Arthur M. Anderson unloading limestone at C. Reiss in West Duluth this evening. June 12, 2024

The primary rainbow in the middle is so brilliant that I almost missed the secondary rainbow on the right side.

David Schauer posted
Here is a closer view of the rainbows over C. Reiss in West Duluth yesterday evening after thunderstorms rolled through. Arthur M. Anderson unloading limestone before departing empty for Two Harbors. June 12, 2024

David Schauer posted
After some heavy weather moved through the Twin Ports, a beautiful rainbow appeared over the Arthur M. Anderson  unloading limestone at C. Reiss in West Duluth. June 12, 2024

Chebanse, IL: IC Depot and Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Chris Goepel posted
The wood frame IC depot on the Chicago District at Chebanse, Illinois, during winter. Postcard view is from circa 1910.
Brian Patterson: The Depot Building still stands and is in use as the Chebanse Village Hall. The line is now single track.
Paul Jevert shared
Dirk Hafner: Was that a coal chute in the background?
Dennis DeBruler: Dirk Hafner A wood grain elevator. It is not unusual to see two buildings in an old photo of a small town: a depot and a grain elevator. A bigger town would have more than one grain elevator.
Dennis DeBruler shared
The depot still stands, but the wood grain elevator has been replaced by a more modern grain elevator.
41°00'03.6"N 87°54'33.6"W

Andy Zukowski posted
Photograph of the Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Chebanse, Illinois taken in 1908 by C. R. Childs

 

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Chebanse, Illinois. 1908

An intermediate generation of the grain elevator.

Jim Arvites posted
View of a southbound Illinois Central freight train passing the IC depot at Chebanse, Illinois on October 10, 1988.
(Mike Abalos Photo)

Kevin Keller commented on Jim's post
View from June 2018 via google. [Street View]

 

Illinois Central Railroad Scrapbook posted
Illinois Central 4-8-2 2605 hustles southbound through Chebanse, IL, with a long train of empty coal hoppers, headed back to the mines to be reloaded with "Black Diamonds".  The photographer wrote the location and date (Sept. 18, 1954) on this original "red border" Kodachrome slide, but alas not their name!  Photo from Cliff Downey coll.
Cliff Downey shared
Cliff Downey shared

Obviously, the elevator rebuilt north of town where they could get more land.

Satellite

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Central & Gulf Railroad Depot in Chebanse, Illinois. 1981
Richard Fiedler shared

Street View

Street View

Fertilizer is a big business for some grain elevators.

Street View

I couldn't resist including the corn crib.

Street View

In the satellite image, there appears to be a locomotive parked on the siding. But I don't see a fall protector. So it must not be rail served. Is the locomotive owned by CN? They do have a small yard north of here. It continues to amaze me that there are still glass insulators on the cross arms of the code line. Are IC insulators so ubiquitous that they aren't worth anything to collectors?

Street View

Cleveland, OH: W&LE/NKP/W&LE Freight House, Roundhouse, Railyard and Depot

Freight House: (Satellite, building is gone, address came from case.)

Railyard: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

W&LE = Wheeling & Lake Erie

1953 is my typical year for topo maps in urban areas. But by 1953, NKP had already absorbed the W&LE. Since NKP's mainline also went through Cleveland, I used an older map to verify the W&LE routes. The freight house is marked by the red cross in the lower-right corner of this topo extract. The railyard is the one to the right of the "RIVERSIDE CEMETERY" label on the left side of the extract.

1903 Cleveland Quadrangle @ 1:62,500

While studying the railroad bridge next to the Carter Road Bridge in Cleveland, I found the following label on Google Maps.

Satellite

I soon determined that the label must be a mistake. It was the Erie railroad that was in the vicinity of this building, not the W&LE. So when I came across the correct address of the W&LE freight house (3959 E 93rd St. [case]), I wrote these notes to capture that information.

 

Lynn Thomas Dostal commented on a post
Who remembers the NKP roundhouse and dorm on Campbell Road?

Satellite

The caption on this photo caught my attention. Was this 93rd Street Station the main station for Cleveland or just a suburban stop? It is a rather old looking locomotive for a last passenger train.

Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University via collection
Last passenger train at East 93rd Street Station

The Central Viaduct went where I-90 now crosses the valley. [case, ClevelandHistorical, PressBooks] But I can't find a route of the W&LE that went far enough north to go under the Central Viaduct.

Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University via collection
Mainline in Cleveland, looking south under the Central Viaduct. Freight House visible on right.

Atlantic, IA: Chamber of Commerce/Rock Island Depot

(Satellite)

IAIS now owns this Rock Island route.

Raymond Storey posted
Raymond Storey posted

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
That depot is still standing.
41°24'36.8"N 95°00'46.5"W

Unfortunately, the street view driver did not go down this side street. Nor the side street that crosses the tracks.

Street View

A colorization of the top photo.

Raymond Storey posted
ATLANTIC IOWA

Tom Weber posted three photos with the comment:

The Rock Island Depot in Atlantic, IA is now home to the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce.

This Renaissance style depot was built in 1898 for the Rock Island Railroad and is now listed on the National Historic Register.

Jim Kelling shared with the comment: "Atlantic Iowa (Rock island line)."

Tom Weber also posted

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Michael Emerson Avitt commented on Tom's second post
And under restoration in 2003.