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| John Burt posted C&A Depot in Lacon. 1923. Ron Hatch: What's left of the depot is now a snack shack at the boat landing Ken Hejl: The rails went a couple blocks south of Rt.17 and ended at the old woolen factory. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on John's post I knew that the Chicago & Alton went to Streator. I did not realize that it went further west all the way to Peoria by using TP&W's route to gain access to Peoria. https://idot.illinois.gov/.../1928-historic-rail-map.pdf |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on John's post I included the grain elevator that we see in the background of the photo and what must be the old woolen factory. https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/marshall/flight8/0bxb030 |
A different exposure:
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| Shawn Volpe posted Chicago and Alton depot lacon Illinois Roger Kujawa: Is this part of the little snack shop or was this replaced with something smaller? Shawn Volpe: Roger Kujawa no this building was on the north end of lacon east of Rt .26. Richard Fiedler shared Pete Zimmermann: It's now a burger joint |
I would not have guessed that this used to be the trackside of a train depot. (Dec 2024 update: Shawn's answer to Roger's question above indicates that this was not the depot. But Pete's comment indicates that it was the depot.)
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| Street View, Jun 2023 |
Turning the other direction, you can see the grade for the railroad.
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| Street View, Jun 2023 |
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| 1937 Lacon Quad @ 62,500 |
The grain elevator in John's photo expanded to be a Cargill truck-to-barge operation.
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| Satellite |
I wonder what the name of this crane-on-a-barge operation is. Or was this a staging area for the rehabilitation of the IL-17 Bridge over the Illinois River?
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| Satellite |
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