Wheeling, IL: Lost/Wisconsin Central Depot

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Andy Zukowski posted

SOO Line Depot in Wheeling, Illinois. Photo Taken on October 27, 1968

Photograph by Wesley L. Hammond

Andy Hughes: Wheeling was manned 24 hours and where signals ended. Dark territory into Schiller. But also double track Wheeling to Schiller.

Andy Zukowski posted

Photo of SOO Line Depot in Wheeling, Illinois taken by Wesley L. Hammond on October 27, 1968.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
I like the grain elevator in the background and the willingness of the railroad to spot just a couple of hoppers on the siding. It is hard to imagine that there were enough farms in the area to support a grain elevator. But a topo map shows that there was plenty of farmland back then. Unlike Downers Grove, where the depot is near the downtown, I see Wheeling is like Naperville in that the depot is several blocks away from downtown.
1963 Wheeling Quad @ 24,000

I think the suburban mayors compete as to who has the biggest clock tower.

Street View, Jul 2019