Pearl, IL: Lost/GM&O Depot

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Exploring Pike County IL posted
Pearl Illinois Train Station / Depot. This picture was donated by a member of this page for everyone to see . And will be helping to answer any questions you have about them in the comments , Thankyou !!
David Hahn shared

1950/56 Pearl Quad @ 62,500

1939 Aerial Photo from IHLAP

This town is next to the southernmost bridge on the Illinois River. The next crossing of the river is 40 miles south at the mouth using the Brussels Ferry.

Street View, Jul 2016 via Dennis DeBruler

This town is on the CPKS/GM&O route to Kansas City that crosses the Mississippi River at Louisiana, MO.

John A. Weeks III via Dennis DeBruler
When it was built, the 444' swing span was the longest swing span in the nation.

Barbara Donovan posted 13 photos with the comment: "Photos of Pearl Landing and Pearl, Illinois that I colorized with Gemini"

Wanda Robinson: If that is the depot at Pearl, why does it have Glen Echo on sign? My dad worked at the depot in Pearl for many years.

Barbara Donovan: Wanda Robinson didn't even noticed that but it's the Gemini photo app that makes changes when it's colorized. I always try to post the original under the colored one. I'll see if I can correct that. Thanks!

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Park Ridge, NJ: 1872 Restored/Erie Depot and Montvale, NJ: Erie Depot

Park Ridge: (Satellite)

Montvale: (Satellite)

Park Ridge Depot

Street View, Sep 2012

Street View, Sep 2012

Jack Norris posted six photos with the comment: "I have been making posts about the ongoing restoration of the former NJ&NY RR (Erie) station in Park Ridge, NJ, built 1872.. Except for some interior work the job is now done! On June 6, 2026 the station had a ribbon cutting. The event included Park Ridge school children, mayor, town council and other dignitaries. We'll done Park Ridge!"

Jack Norris shared with the comment: "Great job Park Ridge, NJ!"

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Montvale Depot

While looking for the Park Ridge Depot, I noticed that the Montvale depot looks historic.

Street View, Oct 2025

Street View, May 2023

Can't the commuter railcars accommodate wheelchairs? Or did they build this ramp to speed up the wheelchair access?

Street View, Oct 2025

Stephan Grütering, Aug 2018

Springville, IA: Lost/Milwaukee Depot

Depot: (Satellite)

Gwyneth Lee posted
[Her description is wrong.]

Is that the depot on the right that is now the co-op's office? The tracks would have been on this side of that building.

Street View, Jul 2024

Looking down the old RoW, I don't think the scale house was the depot because there is now bay window.

Street  View, Sep 2021

This looks closer at the brown building in the left background of the top view. Given the leg and the spreader truck next to it, I presume it stores fertilizer.

Street View, Jun 2024

1973/77 Springville Quad @ 24,000

Baltimore, MD: 1935-2005 GM/Chevy Assembly Plant

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John Sery posted four images with the comment: "In Chuck McAbee's response to industrialmodel's post about B&O auto parts train 396, he mentioned GM's Baltimore assembly plant. That remined me of a field trip that my Jr. High School shop class took to visit that facility on Broening Highway in 1965. Highlight was seeing the car engines drop down from a second floor to mate with the car chassis below. I still have the booklet from that trip that I have scanned if you are interested! You can see the plant service tracks on the cover photo and the text mentions that approximately 70 railroad cars served the plant daily."

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BaltimoreMagazine
"vehicle production was halted for four years at Broening highway as 'rosie the riveters' built fuselages for U.S. Aircrafts during World war II. Courtesy of GM ARCHIVES"

This area was dominated by Pennsy, but the post was in a B&O group, and it appears that B&O did have a tendril that snaked its way down to this plant.

1966/67 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

By comparing the topo maps, we can see the differences made because of the 1962 expansion mentioned in the brochure.

1953/53 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000

Burnside, IL: Lost/TP&W Depot

(Satellite)

Patty Peterson posted
Burnside Depot (1979 Sites and Structures of Hancock County)
Richard Fiedler shared

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Today, Keokuk Junction Railway owns this former TP&W route.  Since KJRY is a shortline, the grain elevator has rail service even though it is not very big.

Street View, Aug 2024

It appears that the hopper that is on a siding in this view is in the same position that we see in the above 2004 view. And the vegetation growing on the track to the right of the hopper indicates that this siding has not been used in a while. I see four foundations for bins in the southern cluster. Are they for bins that are to be built or for bins that have been removed.

Satellite

Google Maps implies that the elevator is owned by CGB, which is a big operator.

Google Maps search

But CGB's website implies farmers would have to haul their grain to Ferris, which is also on the KJRW route. So, I'm labeling this elevator as "grainAban."

CGB

Although CGB is quoting prices for Burnside.

FarmBuck_Illinois

The elevator had a feed mill.

Patty Peterson posted
1995 Burnside Feed Mill