Willard/Chicago Junction, OH: Yard Towers: (J) and Hump

West End (J): (Satellite, it is gone.)

Hump: (Satellite, it is extant.)

Go here for the railyard, roundhouse and depot.

Darren Reynolds posted five photos with the comment: "B&Os 'J' tower  Willard, Ohio."

Greg Smith: It had a spiral staircase up to the second floor.

"J "tower was at the Westend of Willard yards.. And the

Beginning of the Chicago division. It was built in the early 50s with a NX interlocking machine..

Photo: Unknown February 10, 1987

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A new "J" tower in this early 50s view

Photo & Date: Unknown

All images from North American interlockings States A to Z and Canada..

Dave Ori: During the late 1940 s and 1950s the B&O would dispatch their fleet of Train 97 from Willard west to Chicago. First Chicago 97 was known as the City Section for Robey Street . Second Chicago 97 was the Barr Yard section while Third Chicago 97 was known as the Local Section which made set-out and pick ups between Willard and Chicago.

B Tupper Upham commented on Darren's post
As preserved in Marion, Ohio.

West end:

May 8, 1959 @ 18,000; AR1VZB000030014

Hump yards:

May 8, 1959 @ 18,000; AR1VZB000030015

Ames, IA: C&NW Depot

(3D Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2022

 

Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted

Nice and easy this time.  Here is a very well composed photo of the C&NW depot in Ames, Iowa.  Just a very pleasant relaxing scene.  There is no photographer or date data on the reverse of the photo.

Thank you to everyone who is helping with photo identifications.

The grain elevator in the left background caught my eye.

Raymond Storey posted
AMES IOWA..........PHOTO CREDIT BRENT HEGSTROM

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
The depot has been preserved.
 https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0235117,-93.6178863,131a,35y,39.41t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

Russell, IA: Lost/CB&Q Depot and House Track

(Satellite)

Dave A Robb posted
Picture of Russell, Iowa looking East in 1956 CB&Q.

Jim Bowen commented on Dave's post

Dennis DeBruler commented on Dave's post
This photo was probably taken from the grain elevator. After looking at the topo map, I noticed the house and siding tracks in the photo.
1967 Russell Quad @ 24,000
Dave A Robb: Yes, my dad climbed the grain elevator. Too bad he didn't get a train too!

Judging from the shadow, the headhouse was exceptionally tall on that grain elevator. According to a satellite image, the grain elevator did not survive.

Oct 23, 1964 @ 18,000; AR1VBAL00010202

Beaver Dam WI: Milwaukee Depot and Freight House

Depot: (Satellite, 102 photos)

Freight House: (Satellite)

Larry Kraemer posted

Chicago, Milwaukee  & St Paul Depot in Beaver Dam. 

Unknown date

George Wolf: Building still stands , I believe the Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce occupies it now , also there is a Milwaukee Road Caboose out front.

David Babington: Plus there is Milwaukee road freight house in beaver dam too now home to a real estate office

Thomas Becher: Wasn't this depot on the balloon track?

The street side of the depot has a more elaborate roofline.

Street View, Sep 2023

Google Maps labels this building as RE/MAX. Perhaps it is dual usage. I would not recognize this as a freight house. But it is on an angle with respect to the street grid because the tracks used to pass through here.

Street View, Aug 2019

This is the track side of the depot. I included the caboose on the right.

Street View, Sep 2023

The location of the freight house, as well as the depot, are marked on this map.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Thomas' comment
 It appears that it was the freight house that was on the balloon track,
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/P7xUHjCzvAkGLpkQ7.
The depot was on the track down to the loop.
1957 Beaver Dam Quad @ 62,500

This Milwaukee remnant is evidently now operated by Wisconsin & Southern (WSOR). I could not find this scene on a satellite map, so I used the 2005 SPV Map to confirm that WSOR serves Beaver Dam.

Joe S, Nov 2023

Waltonville, IL: CB&Q and MoPac Depots and a Rather Large Grain Elevator

CB&Q: (Satellite, there appears to be a rubble pile left.)

MoPac: (Satellite, all traces of the foundation are gone.)

Grain Elevator: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
CB&Q Railroad Depot in Waltonville, Illinois. 1973
Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
At first, I was surprised that the CB&Q route did not appear on this map, https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/knx_rail/id/298. Then I remembered that this was a 1902 map. CB&Q built this southern route later to access coal mines and the 1917 Ohio River Bridge that it help build at Metropolis, IL. Today, this is one of the few former-CB&Q routes still left in Illinois.

This later map includes the southern route.

Map via BurlingtonRoute via Dennis DeBruler

BNSF

At first, I thought the town grew up around MoPac's depot, but looking at a satellite map, I could not find a downtown for this town.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Street View, Oct 2013

Bass, AL: Cute L&N Signal Tower

(Satellite)

Andrew Waldo posted

Today we begin a photographic move from northeast to northwest Alabama with a pic from the Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad Engineering Field Notes. Pictured here is one of NC&StL's beautifully designed signal towers. This one is at Bass, Alabama. 

The Field Notes team's speeder is on the tracks, two members waiting while the other two take measurements of the tower before they all move on to the next stop. The tower was built in 1887 and photographed on 17 June 1916.

Photo Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad, VS4 (Bass-Bridgeport/Carpenter), Building Notes, Alabama.

1950 Eureka Quad @ 24,000

London, ON: CP Depot and Adelaide Railyard

Depot: (Satellite)

Adelaide Railyard: (Satellite)

Street View, Jan 2021

Street View, Oct 2023

Street View, Sep 2017

This railyard was used to finish fighting a fire in five gondola cars after tall flames were fought for 90 minutes in a residential district. [Dennis DeBruler]

London Fire Department Tweeted two photos with the comment: "Fire crews continue to dose smouldering wooden railway ties at Adelaide Yard. Using @RosenbauerGroup  T-Rex Aerial Truck."

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