West Trenton, NJ: Commuter/Reading "Trent" Tower and Office/Reading Depot

Tower: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2026

Street View, Aug 2017

Darren Reynolds posted four images with the comment:

Readings "Trent" tower (Trenton Jct) West Trenton, New Jersey

This tower is still Standing

Tim Shanahan shared

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"Trent" tower was an interesting looking tower..looks like 1/2 Was built in the late 20s and the 2nd half was built at a different time..

Photo by: Robert Staples 1974

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"Trent" tower with a SEPTA train passing by on February 3,1991

Photo by: Unknown

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In this view you can see the station on the right..The 1st

"Trent" tower and the 1st floor of the 2nd tower on May 1930

Photo by: Henry Wilhelm

Doug Hunt commented on the above photo
This image originally posted is reversed. This is how it should look. The view is looking south toward the Delaware River. The Baltimore and Ohio train is northbound/eastbound toward Jersey City. Trent tower is on the west side of the tracks, and the station is on the east side of the tracks. Railroad Ave is on the right side of the flipped image behind Trent tower. The branch trackage that heads toward Trenton is on the left, opposite Trent tower.

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A Conrail track and interlocking diagram for "Trent" tower

Corbin T, Sep 2022

John Marquette, Jul 2017

I noticed that this station is at the end of the line. That explains the wye and small railyard just north of the depot.

Satellite

Confirmation that it is at the end of line.

Fred Dohkraf, May 2024

Franklin, MN: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Street View, Dec 2023

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Franklin, Renville County, MN.

Caven Elevator Co. Built in 1940, Hogenson Construction Co. 25,000-bushel capacity.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

This is another town where supplying the farmers with chemicals is a bigger business than storing grain. 

Satellite (Jul 2015)

The above image must be old because it doesn't show the bins on the north side of the supply company that are present in the street view above. So I fired up Google Earth. The above image is from Jul 2015.  By 2020 they had built those bins.

Google Earth, Sep 2020

The satellite photos show that the supply company gets railroad service. The 2020 photo implies a variety of products because the six railcars look different. And the following view caught some tank cars.

Street View, Dec 2023

The railroad was the Minneapolis & St. Louis, which became C&NW.

1952/54 Moroon Quad @ 62,500

To verify that UP is not providing carload rail service, I checked the current ownership. Sure enough, it is a shortline: Minnesota Prairie Line (MPL).

rail.guide

The route was abandoned in 1982 by C&NW. The Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority bought it. MPL operations started in 2002. [UP]

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Winston-Salem, NC: Shell Shell Gas Station

(Satellite)

Street View, Jan 2023

Steve Barry posted five photos with the comment: "On the way back from the big railroad event in Spencer, N.C., I swung into Winston-Salem, N.C., to check out the shell Shell gas station. The shell was built in 1930, one of eight in the area and the only survivor. It is now officially preserved; the pumps are not original to the station, but are of the type the station had originally. The carport/open air repair area/car wash to the left of the shell is also part of the property."

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Jon-Erik Butcher commented on a reel

Berwyn, IL: US-66 American Giant

(Satellite)

US-66 Overview

US-66 used Ogden Avenue in the Chicagoland area.

Street View, Aug 2023

July Fit posted two photos with the comment:

Who wants wings ? Route 66

Berwyn, Illinois

Brian Peloquin: Ronnie is a good dude! [Is Ronnie the name of the American Giant?]

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[The name of the restaurant is Cigars & Stripes BBQ Lounge. That explains the cigar in his mouth.]

Saline C: Harrisburg, IL: G'Gara Coal Mine #9

(Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted

O’Gara Coal Company NO.9

Harrisburg, Illinois. 1910

Directory

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
Level with Bauman Lane and east of Granger Street, https://maps.app.goo.gl/6bQbeZEtx6iZv3vh7. It operated 1905-23. It was cleaned up before a 1938 aerial photo. https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/moa_quadrangles/maps/harrisburg-2790.pdf

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This map does mark the mine even though it has been out of service for over a decade.

1939/59 Harrisburg Quad @ 62,500

Danube, MN: Wood Grain Elevator

East: (Satellite)

West: (Satellite)

East Wood Elevator:

Street View, Aug 2024

West Wood Elevator:

Street View, Jun 2026

Wesley Peters posted three photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Danube, Renville County, MN.

East Complex- Pacific Grain Co. Combination headhouse/annex built in 1944, T. E. Ibberson Co. 30,000-bushel capacity.

Last surviving elevator built for the Pacific Grain Co. in Minnesota.

West Complex- Annex. Early history unknown.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

Ben Tepfer: This place just sold last week [Summer 2026] on Hensley auction. Brought 20k

John Harker: Ben Tepfer probably set for demo.

Seeing how there's a new rail load out east of town

Ben Tepfer: Place/Person out of Glencoe bought it. Heard it might be rented out for storage.

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The railroad was the Milwaukee.

1965/66 Danube Quad @ 24,000

This elevator is just east of the elevator in the street view at the top of these notes. It looks like UP got this Milwaukee route.

Street View, Aug 2024

And this elevator is east of town.

Street View, Jun 2026

Another view of the above new grain elevator and fertilizer supply facility.

Street View, Jun 2026

Wabash, IN: Honeywell Inc

1918: (Satellite, they used the Summerton Mill that was here.)

1924: (Satellite, a guess because it was on S. Wabash.)

1964: (Satellite, a guess because this site existed on the 1952 topo map.)

Wabash County Historian posted, doubled in size
Picture of the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company located on the south side of W. Canal St. where the Lighthouse Mission is today. Mark Honeywell formed Honeywell Heating Specialty Co. in 1902 on S. Wabash St. In 1905, Mark Honeywell (1874-1964) developed a hot water system of heating. In 1906, the name was changed to Honeywell Heating and Specialties Co. and they were making thermostats and automatic controls for heating systems. In 1918, the old Summerton Mill on the southeast corner of Canal and Cass Sts. became the home of Honeywell’s. Eventually they moved further east into the old Wabash Soap Co. building (4-24-1918) bought from the Hyman heirs and was completely remodeled and modernized. His company grew steadily gaining a national reputation. In 1924 Honeywell expanded into the Wabash Cabinet Co. plant #2 on S. Wabash St. By 1927, his company employed 450 people with sales of more than $1.5 million. That same year, Honeywell entered a $5 million dollar merger with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Co. to form Minneapolis-Honeywell Co. Today, it is known as Honeywell, Inc. During World War II, the plant assisted in the war effort by making bombsights for bombers, tanks and mortars, the base for chemical warfare shells, heater controls for airplanes and fire control sights for tanks, for which they received several Army-Navy E Awards the first being in 1942. Michael Clevenger recalls that his “mom worked there during WW2, made prisms for tanks. And Joe Lawson adds that “during the Korean War my mother worked in one of these building where they built periscopes for tanks.” Later Honeywell purchased land on Bond Street and gradually moved all operations there by 1964. The company ceased operations in Wabash in 1975. Some interesting dates in the company history are as follows: 8-2-1926 Honeywell held the first picnic for company employees at Silver Lake. 1-1-1927 Honeywell sponsored a campaign to install Honeywell Temperature Regulators in any home in Wabash on a 30 day free trial. 2-3-1928 Honeywell held a community Ping Pong Tourney at its S. Wabash St. location. 4-16-1941 Minneapolis-Honeywell receives $122,000 U.S. Ordnance Dept. order for telescopes. 5-21-1941 Minneapolis- Honeywell minimum pay 45 cents for women and 50 cents for men. 1-3-1942 Minneapolis-Honeywell workers give $1,600 to war relief. 6-18-1945 Minneapolis-Honeywell plans to resume partial civilian production. 4-24-1951 Honeywell leases old Ford factory for defense jobs. 7-24-1951 Honeywell releases plans for industrial center west of City Park. 6-27-1955 Fire destroys old Service Fuel & Service Co. and threatens Honeywell plant. 12-11-1956 Great American Award presented to Mark Honeywell. 9-8-1957 Minneapolis-Honeywell holds open house at new plant. 1,200 visitors. Ralph Petry, Cyril Cole, Marris Magner and Ralph Clupper welcomed into Honeywell Quarter Century Club. 3-14-1959 Honeywell plant to expand on bond St. Addition one step in 4 part growth plan. 7-2-1964 Honeywell factory to be torn down. 1-5-1972 Will G. McLaughlin new manager of Honeywell factory. 11-7-1975 Honeywell now Mark-Hon. President Will McLaughlin. Vice presidents were Richard Prickett, M. E. Schwob, R.R. Loehis and T.A. Long. Timeline information came from Vols 2 & 3 Looking Back available at Visit Wabash County on Miami St.

I was wondering why the Summerton Mill was built so far from the river. This aerial photo reminded me that the Wabash and Erie Canal went through Wabash, IN. This photo is not old enough to show the canal, but it does show the industries that grew up along the canal.

Nov 15, 1948 @ 46,200; AR1HW0000010099

And the oldest topo map I could find is also too new to show the canal.

1952/52 Wabash Quad @ 24,000

Today, Honeywell has several plants in Freeport, IL.

And Wabash still has the Honeywell Center.

Street View, Apr 2025

Lisa Smith, Nov 2024