New Depot: (Satellite)
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| Fans of Rock Island Lines posted Henry Illinois |
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A different exposure.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Rock Island Railroad Depot in Henry, Illinois. Postmarked 1912 Richard Fiedler shared |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot in Henry, Illinois. 1966 Richard Fiedler shared |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot in Henry, Illinois. 1975 Richard Fiedler shared |
John Eagan posted two photos with the comment:
In Search Of...Part 229The Rock Island tried their best to modernize, replacing old wood frame depots with ARMCO prefab structures. Henry, IL got one of those replacements around 1972. The depot was large enough for the needs of the agent at this busy traffic location. As you can see, he personalized the structure, having saved the old depot wooden sign and also adding the "monogramless" screen doors! A decal finalized the detail. The building outlasted the railroad but was removed after 2006 when the line was purchased and renovated by new owner Iowa Interstate.Photos by John Eagan 4/8/1980
Richard Fiedler shared
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| Stephen N. Brannon commented on Richard's share I once flagged the northbound Peoria Rocket at the old wooden Henry depot in the early morning before the agent came on duty. The old depot was a classic design with a double bladed semaphore train order signal. I well remember the engineer giving me a toot on the diesel’s horn in response to my waving the small red cloth flag provided for flagging passenger trains. I’ll take that old depot over its bland replacement any day! The old Henry depot where I flagged the Peoria Rocket. Photo was posted on other sites. |
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| Hoah Haggerty posted Two former Chicago Central & Pacific maintenance-of-way cars, ex-ICG, travel past the Rock Island shack at Henry, IL around November of 1987. These two were recently bought by the Keokuk Junction Railway. John & Roger Kujawa Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection. Darren Reynolds shared |
The topo map was not much help.
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This aerial shows that it was in the east quadrant of the crossing of the tracks and 3rd Street.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| May 1, 1977 @ 40,000; AR1VEHI00010104 |
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