Collinsville, IL: Lumaghi Mines #1-#4 and National Road (US-40)

Mine #1: (Satellite)

Mine #3: (Satellite)

US-40 Overview

Roger Kujawa posted
Postcard Lumachie Mine, Collinsville, Illinois - used in 1906
Seen on eBay

Eric Jackstadt: Lumaghi.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
Lumaghi had three mines along the Pennsylvania tracks and one further North after the first three mines closed. https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/.../collinsville.pdf

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
But I think this tipple was for Mine #1, and it remained active as the prep plant for the other mines. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SVbKJ1yaLLvG7PBt6 1940 aerial photo

National Road (US-40)

The National Road probably originally used Vandalia & Main Streets and St. Louis Road to go through Collinsville. By 1937, the Belt Highway was built to connect to IL-157 to bypass the downtown congestion. Today US-40 uses I-55 by this town.

1937/37 Collinsville Quad @ 24,000

Floral Park, NY: Long Island Park Junction Tower: LI vs. LI

(Satellite)

Peter James Paras posted six images with the comment:

Long Island RR's Park Tower. Floral Park, Long Island, NY.

This tower was active until the LIRR grade separated the right of way demolished the tower.  It controlled the Main Line and a junction to the Hempstead Branch.  Photos by original photographers.

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1954/57 Lynbrook Quad @ 24,000

The tracks are not elevated in this photo and it shows the tower. But I was surprised that the tracks were elevated because the contour lines next to the tracks in the above topo map imply that they were elevated in 1954.

Feb 19, 1954 @ 20,000; AR1VBV000120063

To confirm that the USGS made a mistake, I got more information. This is what it looks like after it was elevated.

Feb 23, 1966 @ 24,000; AR1VBIO00020032

And this confirms that there are no contour lines next to the tracks when they are not elevated.

1947/47 Lynbrook Quad @ 24,000

Washtucna, WA: Two Wood Grain Elevators

North: (Satellite)

South: (Satellite)

The one on the right is the northern elevator.

Street View, Jun 2023

Byron Kuehl posted
Took a drive into the Palouse today, the sun angle was still favorable, so i reshot this placename elevator at Washtucna Washington.  They're a dying breed as well as box crib elevators around here...nobody wants to spend the money relettering when they're repainted!

They are still repainting these elevators.

Street View, Jul 2023

The wood elevators are in the lower-left corner of this excerpt. The town has two more storage grain elevators to the north and east.

Satellite

1948/76 Ayer Quad @ 62,500

Interlocken, MI: C&O/PM+Manistee and North Eastern Depot and Junction Tower

Crossing: (Satellite)

Greg Bunce posted
Interlochen, Michigan crossing of the Pere Marquette and the Manistee and North Eastern in Northwestern Lower Michigan.  Both lines are now gone.

The "National Music Camp" is why I have heard of the town Interlocken.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Greg's post
The M&NE was gone by 1956. I found another map that shows it came up from between the two lakes.   1956 Thompsonville Quad @ 62,500

The Pere Marquette is easy to find on a satellite image since it appears to be a trail. But the M&NE is pretty well erased. So, I got this aerial to find the M&NE.

Apr 1, 1955 @ 17,000; AR1VBF000060052

The M&NE was between Depot Road and J. Maddy Pkwy where it crossed the PM. The joint depot appears to be gone by 1955 since the M&NE has been abandoned.

Digitally Zoomed

Little Rock, AR: Union Station and MoPac/SIMS Railyards

Depot: (Satellite)

Classification Railyard: (Satellite)

Backshop Railyard: (Satellite, it still has a transfer table.)

Abandoned Coach Railyard: (Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2015

RRAdventrues posted four photos with the comment: "Union Station— in Little Rock, AR."

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The Amtrak passengers have to walk a rather long way aways to get to the platform.

Street View, Aug 2019

The back shop with a transfer table on the east end.

Satellite

SIMS (St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern) had two through routes this this metro area. By they 1954, MoPac had bought SIMS. MoPac and SSW (Cotton Belt) had branches that terminated here. I presume that MoPac and SSW shared this station with SIMS. Rock Island also had a through route, but they had their own Rock Island Depot. What remains of all of these routes is now owned by UP.

1954 North Little Rock, Mc Almont, Sweet Home and Little Rock Quads @ 24,000

Comanche, MT: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

It looks like the elevator had two bolted steel silos, but they have been knocked over.

Street View, Sep 2021

Those steel silos have been laying there for over a decade.

Street View, Sep 2009

Sam Walter posted
Comanche, Montana, Yellowstone County

The railroad was Great Northern.

1979/80 Broadview East Quad @ 24,000

This town is on the route between Judith Gap and Mossmain.

BNSF via Dennis DeBruler

Mena, AR: KCS Roundhouse and Museum/Depot

Roundhouse: (Satellite, it was long gone by 1950s.)

Depot: (Satellite)

Rick Shilling posted
1898 Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable, Mena, Arkansas. Reorganized as Kansas City Southern Railroad in 1900.

Track side:

Street View, Sep 2013

Street side:

Street View, Feb 2024

Erica A., May 2024

Lacifer Y, Mar 2023

Kevin Strope, Aug 2024
The sign says: "First Telephone Exchange in Polk County."

1900 is a long time ago. I think the roundhouse was long gone even by 1958.

1958/59 Potter and Mena Quads @ 24,000

Given the curve in the photo and the fanout of tracks, I think the roundhouse was down around today's Ekena Millworks.

May 14, 1955 @ 23,600; AR1VIM000060174