Chebanse, IL: IC Depot and Grain Elevator

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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The depot still stands, but the wood grain elevator has been replaced by a more modern grain elevator.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.

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

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Fertilizer is a big business for some grain elevators.

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I couldn't resist including the corn crib.

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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?

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