Monday, October 14, 2024

Schiller Park/Kolze, IL: WC Depot & Roundhouse and CPKC Railyard

Depot: (Satellite, the land is now part of a lumber storage yard.)
Roundhouse: (Satellite, the land is now more container storage.)
Railyard: (Satellite, it is now an intermodal and auto unloading yard.)

I don't normally note the depots of the Chicago suburbs, but this one looks different, and I want to note the name change.

Andy Zukowski posted
Soo Line Railroad Depot in Kolze, Illinois,. 1912
Richard Fiedler shared

This map did not mark the location of the depot, but it did show me where the roundhouse used to be.
1953/55 River Forest Quad @ 24,000

Kolze was a bedroom community even back in the 1930s. That is, it did not have a downtown around its depot.
1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

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