Canton, IL: 1914 Event Space/CB&Q Depot, Whitcomb Locomotive and Junction: TP&W vs. CB&Q

Depot: (Satellite)

Whitcomb: (Satellite)

Junction: (Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2022

Andy Zukowski posted
Burlington Railroad Depot in Canton, Illinois. 1914

Scott Haist: Still there

John Stell: Scott Haist The one standing today was built in 1914. The previous depot was near the TP&W crossing. Glen Tribler sold last ticket in old depot. Then wheeled the tickets and cash to new depot and sold first ticket in new depot.

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John Stell posted, cropped
CB&Q depot at Canton Illinois in November 1969.  John Stell slide.
John Stell posted

Marty Bernard posted
Found in with Larry Anglund's slides.
Canton Depot.

 

John Stell posted
Former CB&Q depot at Canton.  Now City owned.  John Stell slide on 9-11-21.

safe_image for CB&Q depot & United Electric switcher. (3:03 video)
This locomotive is located next to the Canton CB&Q depot. This is a Whitcomb built one which was built in mid to late 1930's. It worked for United Electric ( Buckheart) Coal mine south of Canton. It was donated to the city in 1997-98 and has been sitting here since.

Veteran Photography by Randall Artis posted three photos with the comment:

The Canton Historic Depot was built in 1914 for the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, the train depot was restored to its original condition in the year 2000. The building still maintains its original woodwork, tile flooring, windows, baggage room, and brick street.

In the 1920’s, the demand for passenger service on railroad lines began to 

decline. However, Canton area residents continued to utilize passenger trains 

in the 1930’s and 1940’s. During WWII, many young men going off to war said 

their goodbyes at the CB&Q Railroad Station. In 1950, the two night 

passenger trains were eliminated and in 1961, the two remaining passenger 

trains were removed from the line. As highways were improved and trucks 

became more prevalent, the demand for freight service from the railroads 

declined. After the passenger trains were removed from the line, the station 

was used as a freight service until freight service was eliminated in the late 

1970’s.

Richard Fiedler shared

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Noah Haggerty posted three photos with the comment: "The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's depot at Canton, Illinois on February 4, 2024. The line was abandoned in the 2000's and ripped out in the early 2010's. The depot can sometimes be rented out for events."

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David Nelson posted 10 photos with the comment:

Here is a sequence of photos taken June 23, 1996 of Canton IL where the CB&Q/BN line to/from Yates City crossed over the TP&W line west of Peoria.  The "Q" depot, the little switcher on display, the crossing itself (still intact and protected by the train gate) and a piece of track maintenance equipment parked on a siding (was that an interchange track at one time?) and the "no trespassing" sign is AT&SF!

David Jordan: The track equipment is indeed on the interchange track. It opened in early 1971 for BN-TP&W coal train interchange.

Patrick Provart: When I was in high school (1983-1987) Hitchcock was using the "cleaning tracks" and "new long" in the BN yard on the south edge of town to scrap SD45s. They made enough money from that to build a new facility across the highway from the tracks. The Dollar Signs were a way of thumbing their nose at some locals complaining about their work, as I understand (I also was not back in Canton very often after my parents moved to Springfield in 1989)

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The cartographer for this map included the depot as one of the significant buildings in a "red area." That is rather unusual. It is the long rectangle just west of the track and about 3.5 blocks east of Jones Park.

1974 Canton Quad @ 24,000

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