Monday, September 30, 2024

Holcomb, IL: Lost/CB&Q Depot and Wood Feed Mill

Depot: (Satellite)
Feed Mill: (Satellite)

The CB&Q crossed the CGW on the north side of town, and that was the location of the CGW depot.

Andy Zukowski posted
The Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Depot in Holcomb, Illinois. 1911
Lance Wales: That train order signal has to be a darkroom fantasy. It isn’t at the operators bay to start with. And the need for 4 semaphores on a single track branch line seems extravagant. Yes I know the Chicago Great Western crossed the CB&Q there at Holcomb. There was a separate depot in the SW quadrant of the diamonds. It would appear this depot would have sat an 1/8 of a mile or so to the south of the CB&Q/CGW diamonds.
David Hahn: Did the CGW have their own depot here?
Steve Becker: BNSF in the modern world.
Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on David's comment
Yes. As Lance stated, it was in the southwest quadrant of the crossing: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8mH7cJRqZUHvC2M9A. Photographer unknown.
 
Dennis DeBruler commented on Steve's comment
Actually, Illinois Railway: https://omnitrax.com/illinois-railway-llc/

1939 Aerial Photo from IHLAP

This grain elevator has the signatures of a feed mill: feed trucks and...
Street View, Aug 2023

...many small bins to hold the supplements.
Street View, Aug 2023

Photo, Mar 2018

This is just one of the locations for Hueber Feeds.

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