Sandusky, OH: B&O Roundhouse and Big Four/Indiana, Bloomington & Western Shops

B&O: (Satellite, the tracks came up along Warren St.)

Big Four: (Satellite, the land has been reused by the water reclamation plant.)

Tim Starr posted two images with the comment: "Sandusky, OH had two pretty unique repair shop setups in the 1880s. One was a B&O roundhouse that also served as a boiler shop, machine shop, and carpenter shop. The other was the Indiana, Bloomington and Western repair shops that had an unusual two-turntable arrangement. Both these maps are 1886."

Neo Haven: A transfer table was more common.

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The NYC tracks on the far left under the Nickle Plate tracks was the Big Four. B&O went North until it got to Warren Street, and then it followed Warren Street to the lakeshore.

    1959/60 Sandusky Quad @ 24,000

Indiana, Bloomington and Western became part of the Big Four.

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Buffalo, ND: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

That is probably a fertilizer supply company that is getting rail service.

Street View, Aug 2021

They have a trackmobile to move the hopper cars.

Street View, Aug 2021

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.

Buffalo, Cass County, ND.

West Complex- Early history unknown.

East Complex- Farmers Elevator Co. Headhouse built in 1922-1923, T. E. Ibberson Co. 35,000-bushel capacity.

Photographed on 7/19/2025.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

This is a fraction of the pneumatic trailers that were parked close to the hopper unloading facility. Google Maps does not have a label for this facility. I'm still guessing it is bulk fertilizer. But this facility would supply fertilizer to retail companies rather than to farmers.

Street View, Sep 2025

The town also has a lot of grain storage. All of those small bins reminds me that North Dakota grows edible beans and canola as well as wheat, soybeans and corn.

Street View, Aug 2021

Actually, it looks like this is some sort of grain processing plant.

Street View, Aug 2021

But Google Maps does not have a label for the plant, nor was I able to find a sign.

Street View, Sep 2013

The railroad was the Northern Pacific.

1967/69 Buffalo Quad @ 24,000

It is still BNSF.

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Winston, MO: Rock Island Depot and Train Order Signal

(Satellite)

Street View, Nov 2018

Michael Emerson Avitt posted
Rock Island depot at Winston, Missouri on August 26, 2005.

1924/24 Winston Quad @ 62,500

Alice, ND: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

The Northern Pacific railroad is abandoned.

Street View, Aug 2021

I think the black boxes hold seed.

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.

Alice, Cass County, ND.

Farmers Elevator Co. Built in 1907. Bushel capacity unknown.

Photographed on 7/19/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

The elevator has quite a bit of grain storage considering that the railroad is abandoned.

Street View, Aug 2013

1965/67 Alice Quad @ 24,000

In this view, the wood elevator is in the background above the base of the augur elevator. I include this view to show how important chemical supply has become for agriculture in the USA. I wonder what is stored in the white bins. If you include the white bins, this may be another town that has more bins than houses.

Street View, Aug 2013

Mayville, WI: Northwestern Iron Works

(Satellite, note Furnace Street and Iron Lane)

Kristin Zyduck Hannula posted
Northwestern Iron Works, Mayville, Wis... circa 1910
James Torgeson shared
Mike Delaney: Mayville iron mines were also located here, known as the Mayville iron district.

David Hoff provided several images in the comments.

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Paul Rusch: David Hoff It was crazy how much concrete was exposed when they were working on that area last year [2022]. It sure was alot easier to bury it back then.

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1955 Waupun and Horicon Quads @ 62,500

Lisbon, ND: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2025

Wesley Peters posted

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.

Lisbon, Ransom County, ND.

Monarch Elevator Co. Headhouse built in 1917. 30,000-bushel capacity. Annex built in unknown year.

Photographed on 7/19/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

I could not find a modern grain elevator in this town. The railroad was Northern Pacific, and it is now the Red River Valley & Western.

Alanreed, TX: US-66 Texaco Gas Station

(Satellite)

US-66 Overview

In its day, this would have been a high-capacity station. Normally, a station on a corner would have just one island on a 45-degree angle.

Street View, Jan 2026

The pumps must have been added since the above Jan 2026 view.

Aug 31, 2026: Josh Durall posted, cropped
Kiser "66" Super Service Station, Alanreed Texas. June 2026. I've heard this part of the country described as an "in-between place." From my experience, that's correct. I love being on this stretch with no particular place to be, in no particular hurry. The loneliness and vastness make it beautiful. This service station recently received a clean-up. It looks great. From this vantage, it's hard to believe this stretch of road leads one to Beverly Hills and ultimately, Santa Monica.

John Grant commented on Josh's post
We were there in June of this [2026] year

Did the red thing dispense oil?

Jerry Levy commented on Josh's post
Was there this [2026] summer. Awesome piece of roadside archeology.

Someone had to do a lot of chainsaw work. 

Street View, May 2019

A nous 5 L'Amérique, Jun 2026

The now abandoned railroad was the Rock Island.

1963/67 Alanreed Quad @ 24,000