Foosland, IL: Lost/Wabash Depot

(Satellite, Main Street used to cross the tracks and the depot was just south of it on the west side of the tracks.)

Connie Eveland Aldrich posted
Wabash Depot Foosland, ILL 1955
Richard Fiedler shared
Richard Fiedler shared

Note that the grain elevator was on the east side of the tracks and north of Main Street.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This topo map accurately marks the location of the depot.

1957/58 Gibson City @ 62,500

The train elevator moved south of Main Street where it had more land.

Satellite

Farmdale, IL: TP&W Depot and Junction Tower: TP&W vs. NKP (LE&W) + Pennsy

Today: (Satellite, the TP&W route was moved to create a grade separation and reduce the curve.)

In addition to the TP&W, the roads have also changed a lot in this area. See the aerial photo at the bottom of these notes. The tower was on the east side and the depot was on the west side of the TP&W tracks.

Ross Brocksmith posted two images with the comment:

We’ve been on a the road quite a bit with Mr Grassel.  But why confine ourselves to roads?  Let’s get on the rails with Mr Grassel’s volume more broadly titled Transportation.

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Radio Station & Signal Tower

Farmdale

10-16-1916

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OK, railroad aficionados…which railroad is this?

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Image Source/Credit: 

Ernest Grassel Collection

Only seen in-person in the Local History Collection

Downtown Branch of Peoria Public Library

#peoriapubliclibrary  #peorialocalhistory  #ernestgrasselcollection

From Grassel’s volumes titled TRANSPORTATION

Richard Fiedler: I’ve seen this before. The Lake Erie and Western, today’s Norfolk Southern is in the left foreground. The Vandalia Railroad (Pennsylvania RR) is on the right and the Toledo Peoria and Western runs left to right between the tower and depot and crosses both.

[It shows some signalling pipelines.]

Richard Fiedler shared with the comment: "LE&W depot and tower Farmdale IL."

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's share
I had to go back to 1927 to find the Pannsy tracks you mentioned in the base post. It appears that Pennsy had a branch that terminated at this junction. 1927/55/ Peoria Quad @ 62,500

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Hugo, CO: UP Roundhouse and Museum/Depot

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2023

Street View, Aug 2023

Daren Genau posted three photos with the comment: "Hugo CO Union Pacific."

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1980/80 Hugo Quad @ 24,000

Havana, IL: Lost/Illinois Midland/CP&StL Depot

(Satellite, I think it was between the two branches close to where they met.)

CP&StL = Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
 

The Illinois Central depot was about a block east and 1 or 2 blocks north of this depot.
 

Jimmy Fiedler posted
CHICAGO PEORIA & ST LOUIS DEPOT HAVANA IL

The western branch to the south was abandoned by SP&StL. The other routes became part of the Illinois Midland.

1925/25 Havana Quad @ 62,600

The Illinois Central branch terminated in this town. the CP&StL did street running up Schrader Street.

1925/25 Havana Quad @ 62,600

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

I presume it was one of the long rectangles on the west side of their eastern route through here. I looked in the street running part and did not find a rectangle along the tracks that was long enough to be this depot.

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Cincinnati, OH: Abandoned/C&O Cheviot Railyard

(Satellite, a lot of the big box stores are built on railyard land.)

Dave Frey posted two photos with the comment: "This is the C&O Cheviot yards roundhouse circa 1948. Photos I scanned from the Cincinnati Railroad Club archives. Cheviot is a neighborhood on the West side of Cincinnati. This yard ceased operation around 1980. This is all big box shopping...Sad."

Gary Maidment: I like the funnel on the smokestack, presumably to collect any cinders and direct them safely into the gondola.

b: Gary Maidment Yes, this facility was near a neighborhood. They didn't want the smoke and ash coming down on the neighbors.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Dave's post
The way it was, 1961/89 Cincinnati West Quadrant @ 24,000

Cheboygan, MI: Lost/NYC Depot and Water Tower

(Satellite)

Raymond Storey posted
CHEYBOYGAN MI 1955 LAST STEAM PASSENGER TRAIN..CREDIT MARK ANDERSON

Al Kelush: Did NYC have any steam operating in Michigan a year later, in 1956?

John Peters: Al Kelush all of it got retired by Dec 31 of 1955. The steam shops in Detroit and Jackson were officially closed on January 6, 1956. The recent DVD “Reflections of the NTC Part 2” has a nice chunk of steam action near Bay City in late 1955 on it

1957/58 Cheboygan Quad @ 62,500

Apr 28, 1954 @ 17,000; AR1WE0000060206

Digitally Zoomed
Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
In this 1954 aerial, it looks like it was along the southeast leg of the wye, https://maps.app.goo.gl/VSKHBMPvjMoKKhxj6

Jim Kelling: Dennis DeBruler I think the Detroit and Mackinac also went there but it may have shared the station.

Jim Kelling shared Cheboygan Michigan (Michigan Central station)

Spring Valley, WI: Lost/C&NW Depot

(Satellite, this must have been abandoned a long time ago because the area has been totally rebuilt, including roads.)

Doug Mattson posted
Jim Kelling shared
Spring Valley, Wisconsin (C&NW depot)
Steven Hooker shared

Jim Dickerson: Arlyn Colby Has a great book on the Spring Valley line. acolby@chibardun.net

1949/49 Knapp Quad @ 62,500

Because of the trees on the left side of Doug's photo and the hill in the background, I think it was the rectangle that was east of the tracks and north of 1st  Street.

1939 Aerial Photo from WIHAP

Henry, IL: Lost/Rock Island Depot

Old Depot: (Satellite)

New Depot: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot in Henry, Illinois. 1975
Richard Fiedler shared

The topo map was not much help. 

1937/37 Lacon Quad @ 62,500

This aerial shows that it was in the east quadrant of the crossing of the tracks and 3rd Street.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

But Andy's photo doesn't have 3rd Street next to the depot. So I got a photo closer to the timeframe of the photo.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's photo
This 1970 photo shows that the depot with a dormer was still in the east quadrant of the crossing of the tracks with 3rd Street.
[AR1VCOR00010147 @ 20,000]

I got a newer aerial to confirm that the old depot had been replaced with the shack.

May 1, 1977 @ 40,000; AR1VEHI00010104

Putnam, IL: Lost/Rock Island Depot and Grain Elevator

(Satellite, it was just west of the mainline and halfway between Courtland and Douglas Streets. Google Maps won't allow me to drop a pin in an accurate position because it goes to the nearest existing building.)

Andy Zukowski posted
The Rock Island Train Depot in Putnam, Illinois, 1965
Richard Fiedler shared

1933/33 Lacon Quad @ 62,500

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This is a rare example of an elevator that has a conveyor over the mainline of a railroad. But this is not a Class I railroad. I think it is IAIS. I don't think the elevator is rail served.

Satellite

Street View, Nov 2022

Necedah, WI: Moved/C&NW Depot

Original: (Satellite)

Current: (Satellite)

LoC via thomas Becher post

Cliff Person: Where was it located in town?

Rob Pfeiffer: Cliff Person About where Bluff St meets the former C&NW tracks. Still exists but has been moved away from the r-o-w a bit and turned 90 degrees. See Google Maps photo: https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sp9...

The north/south route was the Milwaukee Road.

1958/60 Necedah Quad @ 48,000

The topo map correctly marks the location of the depot. They did move it to the other side of the tracks.

1938 Aerial Photo from WIHAP

Park Falls, WI: Fox Valley Railroad/SOO Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2023

Jim Rund posted three photos with the comment: "Was told the city just acquired the depot. No idea what the plans are for it."

Rich Peters: the railroad and the city did they swap last year – the city got the depot and the railroad got some land west of the yard.

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1947/47 Park Falls Quad @ 48,000

OpenRailwayMap

Belmont, WI: Lost/Milwaukee Depot

(Satellite, the tracks went through the center of today's historical buildings. The topo map below implies that the depot was between the tracks and Commerce Street.)

Raymond Storey posted
BELMONT WIS

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
It was a Milwaukee Road depot. 1952/54 Belmont Quad @ 24,000

WIHAP