Rockport, IL: Lost/CB&Q Depot and Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, I could not find it.)

Elevator: (Satellite, this tiny town has a big post office.)

Lisa Ruble posted

Rockport Depot 

Early 1900s 

Pike County

Lisa commented on her post
Former Rockport Depot

This town was at the end of a CB&Q branch in 1944.

1944/44 Barry Quad @ 62,500

But the CB&Q used to continue South. It evidently shared the GM&O Bridge across the Mississippi River.

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When I saw that it used to go further south, I got an older topo map. So the grain elevator used to be close to the railroad.

1931/31 Barry Quad @ 62,500

Street View, Aug 2024

Pillsbury, ND: Wood Grain Elevators and Unit-Train Grain Elevator

Old: (Satellite)

New: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2013

Street View, Sep 2013

Wesley Peters posted four photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.

Pillsbury, Barnes County, ND.

Pillsbury Farmers Elevator Co. East headhouse built in 1954, Hogenson Construction Co. Bushel capacity unknown. Middle headhouse built in 1919, T. E. Ibberson Co. 85,000-bushel capacity. West headhouse built in unknown year. Bushel capacity unknown.

This complex was damaged by the derecho that went through the area in June 2025. As of my visit in July 2025 the complex was still standing, but its ultimate fate is unknown to me.

Photographed on 7/19/2025.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

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Even the little bins are rail served.

Street View, Sep 2013

The railroad was owned by Great Northern.

1967/69 Pillsbury Quad @ 24,000

Not only does BNSF still own this route, it has a wye so that it can turn the locomotives.

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Actually, the wye feeds a loop track for a big green-field grain elevator that should be able to load unit trains.

Satellite

Justin Knott, Aug 2016

I presume the long building on the right holds fertilizer. Note the white cover in the middle for a ground pile even though they have a lot of bins for storage. I think the six white bins on the left side of this view store seed.

Street View, Sep 2025

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1957: "First ND retailer to apply bulk ammonium-nitrate fertilizer."
1960: "Builds North Dakota's first retail bulk-fertilizer plant, anchoring a full-service agronomy arm."

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