Williamson C: Marion, IL: Peabody #3 Coal Mine

(Satellite)

Roger Kujawa posted

Antique Illinois Postcard MARION Peabody Mine No. 3 Coal 1907

Seen on eBay.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/moa_quadrangles/maps/johnston-city-2660.pdf
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7WrNACpzjF7tCqgG9

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
C&EI had an industrial spur to the mine, and the Coal Belt RR went past the tipple.
1925 Marion and 1909 West Frankfort Quads @ 62,500

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
1938 aerial photo with Cedar Grove Road along the bottom and IL-37 along the right side.
It looks like the tiple had been torn down by 1938, but the tracks were still intact.

Emmett, MI: Star of the West Milling Co.

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2023

Willie Mcphee, Jun 2017

Star of the West Milling Company posted two photos with the comment: "Throwback Thursday: Our Emmett facility was first built by Michigan Bean Company and later became Eastern Michigan Grain under the Lauwers family, who operated it from 1994 to 2007. Today, we’re proud to carry that history forward."

Jill Lewis: Know the place. Hello everyone in Frankenmuth. Keeping busy in my retirement.

Mike Steel shared

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The railroad was the Grand Trunk Western.

1944/44 Memphis Quad @ 24,000

Orchard Park, NY: BR&P Depot and Freight House

(Satellite)

BR&P = Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company updated
Orchard Park station looking south circa 1915. Photo from a BR&P employees magazine

The depot is on the left, and that looks like a freight house on the right.

Street View, Jul 2025

Tim McCarthy, Mar 2023

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company posted
Orchard Park with motor car 1002.

Madison Kirkman: That doesn't look like a McKeen Car to me. Did the B.R.&P. have other Motor Cars?

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company: Madison Kirkman it was a General Electric car.

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company posted
Orchard Park 1954

Orchard Park BR&P Depot posted
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company shared

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company posted three photos with the comment: "The old heart shaped station platform like this one at Orchard Park circa 1915, is hooked up and working! It has a special large teardrop LED bulb that lights everything up nicely!"

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It looks like the town still has rail service by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad.

gwrr_bprr via Dennis DeBruler

Crystal Lake, NY: BR&P+B&S Depot

(Satellite, my guess based on the topo map and satellite image below.)

BR&P = Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh

B&S = Buffalo & Susquehanna

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company posted
Crystal Lake station on the Rochester Division between Farmersville and Freedom. The station was built by the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad and shared with the BR&P. The station still stands, and is part of camp Scouthaven.

Note that the railroad went through Farmersville Station instead of Farmersville.

1942/42 Franklinville Quad @ 62,500

Note that they had a spur to serve the depot.

Digitally Zoomed

I searched for an image that had less leaves.

Google Earth, Sep 2009

Farmersville Station, Crystal Lake and Freedom are between Machias and Bliss.

Rumsey

Platner, CO: Wood Grain Elevators

(Satellite)

Eric Miller posted
Platner, Colorado, between Akron and Otis in NE Colorado. 2024.

Street View, Sep 2015

It looked like the core of the big elevator may have also been wood, so I got a closer look. The core of the core is wood.

Street View, Aug 2023

I think the elevator on the left may be a feed mill. The wood elevators are in the center background of this view.

Street View, Aug 2023

I don't see a fall protector, so this is probably another example of a Class I railroad (BNSF) not providing rail service.

Street View, Aug 2023

This rural town definitely has more grain bins than homes.

Satellite

Liberty, IN: 1886 Museum/B&O Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2013

Brian E Jones posted
Liberty, IN October 2016

Dennis DeBruler commented on Brian's post
It was the B&O railroad.   1960/61 Liberty Quad @ 24,000

Mildred D. Sheer, Jul 2024

Darlington, UK: 1849 Tees Cottage Pumping Station

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2025

Facebook Reel

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"The original 1849 Beam Engine ran until 1907, when it was replaced by a small Gas Engine. The Beam Engine which you can see today was installed in 1904 and, as one of the last Beam Engines built, represented the pinnacle of Beam Engine technology.
"It is a Woolf compound rotative Beam Engine of 140 indicated horsepower (IHP) which can run between 9 and 16 revolutions per minute. During its working life, supplying the town, it will have averaged about 12 rpm giving a total of 140 million revolutions. At that speed it would deliver 1900 gallons (8640 litres) of river water into the filters and 1700 gallons (7730 litres or 21 standard bath tubs) into the town every minute. The cast iron beam is 30 feet 3 inches (9.2 metres) long and weighs 25 tons. 
"The flywheel is also made of cast iron and is 21 feet (6.4 metres) in diameter and weighs 14.5 tons."

Joanne Storey, Sep 2021

TeesCottage_about
"In 1849 Tees Cottage Pumping Station revolutionised the water supply to Darlington by offering cleaner, piped water to homes and businesses which had previously relied on contaminated ground wells, polluted rivers, and rainwater tubs. In 1851, recognising the health benefits of a clean water supply, the customer base was extended to also supply Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm.
"Our 1904 Beam Engine still pumps water using steam raised in its original coal-fired 1902 Lancashire boilers. Alongside it, our 1914 Gas Engine remains one of the largest preserved historic gas engines still in its original location — and it, too, can still pump water. We also have our 1926 Electric Pumps, these don't run anymore but are preserved in situ and cosmetically restored - making Tees Cottage one of the only pumping station museums able to display and preserve all three historic methods of water pumping: steam, internal combustion, and electricity."