Mountain Lake Park, MD: B&O Depot and Tower (PK)

Depot: (Satellite)

Tower: (Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2023

 

Street View, Jul 2023

Ken C, Feb 2023; Oakland, MD, Depot

Darren Reynolds posted two photos with the comment:

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroads 

"PK" tower 

Mountain Lake Park, Maryland

Tim Shanahan shared

Dennis DeBruler: It is extant: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r8xeqoQxmsPRszfz7

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Ethan Clark, Mar 2024

I found the depot with this topo map.

1949/49 Deer Park and 1950/50 Oakland Quads @ 24,000

I got this aerial to try to find the tower. But there are multiple small rectangles along the tracks. So then I tried to find the location using visual clues from the photos. That is when I discovered that it is extant.

Mar 20, 1946 @ 27,200; AR1CA0000010081

Thorp, WA: 1883 Thorp (Grist) Mill

(Satellite)

While looking for a couple of Milwaukee tunnels, I discovered this mill.

Street View, Jul 2023

Street View, Jul 2023

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"The four-story building had a 75-barrel daily capacity and produced flour and livestock feed. Originally a stone buhr mill, the facility was later converted to a roller mill at the end of the 19th Century. The Thorp Mill still retains its original rollers, and plans are underway to restore many of these machines back to working order....The mill was powered by water from a diversion dam on the Yakima River that was used to move a lateral turbine system. A second turbine on the site, used to power the adjacent lumber mill, was later employed to provide the first electrical power to the area. In 1989, the Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society restored the mill’s turbine, making it once again operational."

I'm always on the lookout for examples of line-shaft power.

MillPictures

From their virtual tour. The popup came from clicking the left-most "coffee cup." The photos are 360 degrees so this is just a fraction of what you can see.

lapentor

In the photos I saw of the mill, I've seen sign numbers as high as 10, so the mill has a nice self-guided tour. They also offer guided tours.

Ben Coogan, May 2024

Roy Grinnell, Jul 2022

Troy Collins, Oct 2024

Roy Grinnell, Jul 2022

Selby, SD: Lost/Milwaukee Depot and BNSF served CHS Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite?, the topo map implies it was west of Main, but I think the photo implies it was east of a street.)

Elevator: (Satellite)

Jim Arvites posted

View of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad passenger station at Selby, South Dakota circa 1900.

(Walworth County Historical Society)

I researched this town to see if the elevator row has survived. It has. Although, as expected, the wood elevators have been replaced by silos and bins. This is the first time that I have seen a fall protector painted blue instead of yellow.

Street View, Jun 2024

Street View, Jun 2024

I researched who owns this former Milwaukee route. It is BNSF. So this is a rare example of a conveyor belt going over a Class I railroad. I presume this is the elevator's locomotive so that it can fill unit trains itself.

montana_railfan
"Former Milwaukee Road SD10 551 rests at a grain elevator in Selby. Wearing its former DME paint, it’s had a long life and history. Running along the former Milwaukee Road mainline to the west coast. The Burlington Northern took control of this line in the 80’s and is now another BNSF mainline across South Dakota running east and west."

And BNSF includes Selby in its list of shuttle trains.

bnsf
[The hot link is broken. That is one of several errors on this webpage.]

1968/71 Akaska NE Quad @ 24,000

The elevator's locomotive is parked at the end of a siding when it is not in use. (Lower-left corner)

Street View, Mar 2025

The town has a John Deere dealer.

Street View, Mar 2025

It looks like someone traded in a CaseIH combine in the left background.

Street View, Mar 2025

Guthrie, OK: Event Space/Santa Fe Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Apr 2024

Richard G. Howe posted

The building is big enough that it evidently supports both a Steakhouse and an event space.

Todd Brautigam, Nov 2017

Sonny Ojeda, Jun 2024

Tony Gaeddert, Sep 2023

West Tulsa, OK: BNSF/Frisco Railyard and Roundhouse

Railyard: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, the land has been repurposed as a diesel shop.)

David Kimball posted
A repost of a Frisco favorite! In March of 1976 a Frisco GP-7 #501 is standing solo at the aging roundhouse with turntable at Cherokee Yard in West Tulsa. (Photo: John A. Kimball)
John Katz shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on John's share
They removed the roundhouse to make way for the diesel shop, https://maps.app.goo.gl/cWkPd3jMjxqazJf58. Topo map: 1956/57 Sapulpa North Quad @ 24,000

This railyard is still used.

Street View, Mar 2025

The diesel shop is a museum of locomotive liveries. In the foreground is a KCS heritage unit coupled to what I believe railfans call a "fake bonnet." Near the center, from left to right, we see Santa Fe, H1 and BN liveries.

 onrr1726

In this view we see a couple of Santa Fe liveries and at least one H1. Near the upper-left corner we see a yard tower. Google Maps labels it a "Trimmer Tower."

onrr1726

Edgerton, WI: WSOR/Milwaukee Depot and Freight House

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight: (Satellite)

The depot is on the right, and I presume that the building on the left was the freight house. The depot is now a restaurant and a museum.

Street View, Apr 2024

Michael Krejci posted two photos with the comment: "Edgerton, WI. Formerly a Milwaukee Road depot."

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The depot used to have a house track.

1961/90 Stoughton Quad @ 62,500

They have preserved at least one of the benches when they converted the waiting area into a dining room.

Noah Nelson, Mar 2023

Cumminsville, OH: Miami & Erie Canal Aqueduct over a creek

(Satellite, see topo map below.)

Kamena Jisanaa posted

Fascinating Miami-Erie Canal History...

In the early 19th century, the opening of the Miami-Erie Canal in southwestern Ohio was an event of great importance to the City of Cincinnati, as well as to the settlements northward through the Mill Creek Valley, in particular Cumminsville five miles north of the Ohio River.  

The canal was chartered in 1824 and   construction began in July, 1825 at Middletown with grand ceremonies.  DeWitt Clinton, of New York, then regarded by some as the greatest living American statesman and the "father of canals," delivered the address.  The section from Middletown to Cincinnati was completed in 1827, with Ephraim Knowlton supervising the digging of the mile through Ludlow Station/ Cumminsville (roughly a little south of the current Ludlow Viaduct to across from the entrance to Spring Grove Cemetery)  Knowlton was later memorialized in Cumminsville with the naming of Knowlton's Corner, where he operated a general store, and Knowlton Street.  In May of 1827 two boats passed near what became Clifton Ave, six miles north of Cincinnati, amid the enthusiastic cheers of sightseers and passengers. Subsequently, when further completed to Dayton in 1828, the event was celebrated by elaborate ceremonies and festivities. The first boat operating locally was the "Hannibal of Carthage," owned by Ephraim and Sidney Knowlton. The great waterway relieved the drudgery of transport by muddy roads and was of incalculable benefit to the people, facilitating commerce and raising the value of adjacent lands...  Such was the excitement in early days that there were "canal-boat parties" organized, similar to "trolley parties" of the early 20th century.  Following is a photo of the canal "aqueduct" about the present location of Mitchell Ave...

Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Lloyd's share

The canal used to go along the south edge of the Mill Creek Valley. A lot of dirt has been moved since this 1914 map was drawn.

- Mitchell Ave. was straightened and widened, filling in the little creek that drained into Mill Creek. This little creek is the one that the aqueduct crossed.

- The topo map erroneously draws a straight line across the little creek.

- Mill Creek itself has been channelized.

- The Vine Street Hill Cemetery has grown down the hill filling in more of the canal.

- I-75 was built along the south edge of the Mill Creek Valley.

So this is my best guess as to the location of the aqueduct: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sDFeQkspcxgQ1Maf9.

Topo map: 1914/14 West Cincinnati Quad @ 62,500