Hampshire, IL: Milwaukee Depot and Old Gas Station

Depot: (Satellite)

Gas Station: (Satellite)

Mark Llanuza posted
Its Jan 1975 its still double main line track from Chicago to savanna IL on the Milwaukee Road D&I sub division with a working agent still inside the station .I went back in 2015 to line everything back to what it looks like today .the grain building is still there to the far right.

Jeff Kehoe commented on Mark's post
Wondered if you "ghost busters" would like to see it in 1963? Happy New Year!

 

Mark Llanuza posted
Its May 1976 I'm at Milwaukee Road's Hampshire IL station on the D&I division . Its still double track to Savanna IL but this was the final year that it was double track as this was the they started single tracking the main line in sections.
Mark Llanuza posted again
Its June 1976 the final year of double main line of the Milwaukee Rd D&I division of Hampshire IL station

 

Mark Llanuza posted
Its June 1976 a view of the Milwaukee Road Hampshire IL station.

Robert Haugland: If they extend Metra to Rockford, will it go through here?

Erick Knaus: Robert Haugland no the current plan is to build a connection from MLW to CNW just west of the Elgin/big timber station, then through Huntley and belvidere to rockford.

Mark Llanuza posted again

Its June 1976 the final year of double main line of the Milwaukee Rd D&I division of Hampshire IL station.

Street View, Jun 2019

The day after I noticed an Illinois town with gerrymandered boundaries (Limestone, IL), I noticed these boundaries.

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Old Gas Station

While looking for a more accurate satellite position for the depot, I found this.

Street View, Jun 2019

Note the Drink Coca Cola sign.

Street View, Jun 2019

Note on the left side of this photo that they were able to find an old bottle dispenser. The No Photography" sign explains why I didn't find any photos of the inside.

Robert "Bob" Bush, May 2022

I spotted three pumps with the old glass cylinder design in this older street view.

Street View, Sep 2012

These two pumps are not for sale because they came with the building. [ChronicleIllinois]

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Randy Ross has turned his hobby of collecting and restoring "antique gas station memorabilia into a business."

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His website emphasis restored signs that are for sale. Many of them are neon.

ChronicleIllinois
He usually goes through about 75 pumps a year.
"The majority of the pumps they work on are from the 1940s and 1950s, but Ross has a few from the ’20s and ’30s — all of which are very rare and worth thousands, he said."

He explains that these pumps are, from left to right, 1903, 1920 and 1931.

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