Cairo, MO: Lost/Wabash Depot

(Satellite, based on the aerial photo below.)

Berry Canote posted
I finally found a decent photo of the Cairo Wabash station!

This map doesn't show some of the streets north Martin Street as slanted. That is an unusual mistake for a topo map.

1910/10 Macon Quad @ 62,500

Jan 27, 1950 @ 17,000; AR1IY0000030014

I learned about another Wabash branch west of the Mississippi River. This town was on the route between Des Moines and Moberly. As expected, this route is now abandoned.

1 of 8 images posted by Kevin Piper via Dennis DeBruler

Glendive, MT: BNSF/NP Roundhouse and Classic Cement Grain Elevator

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Elevator: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2021

Sam Walter posted
One of the only classic "midwest" Tillotson-style concrete elevators im aware of in Montana, in the town of Glendive.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Sam's post
Remnants of the BNSF/NP industrial spur that went along the river still exist, https://maps.app.goo.gl/LBedhqzK6ZDEfSfT9.

Comments on Sam's post

This map taught me to look for the roundhouse. The river in Sam's photo helped me find the industrial spur. I first looked along the mainline. This spur explains why I didn't find the elevator along the mainline.

1967/70 Gendive Quad @ 24,000

BNSF still owns the north, east and south "spokes" of the NP.

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The west spoke is now an industrial spur.

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Waverly, TN: Lost/NC&StL Depot

(Satellite, according to the topo map below, it was probably in the southeast quadrant of TN-13 and the tracks. The new US-70 route through town reused the depot's land.)

NC&StL = Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis (The Dixie Line)

Andrew Waldo posted

Waverly, Tennessee: Passenger & Freight Station, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad. NC&StL’s Passenger & Freight Station at Waverly was estimated built in 1884. The photograph was taken on 11 April 1916.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railroad, Tennessee. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo. Fine prints from high resolution copies of the scans are available for purchase in various sizes.

1950/53 Waverly Quad @ 24,000

The railroad is still owned by CSX.

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Macksville, KS: Wood Grain Elevator and Flour Mill

Wood: (Satellite)

I wonder what the concrete building used to be.

Street View, Sep 2025

This is on the other side of the road. Its call The Stfford County Flour Mills., but it looks like a normal storage elevator rather than a flour mill.

Street View, Sep 2025

John Krattinger posted
Macksville, Kansas

Oil City, PA: Aug 1859 Drake and Nov 1861 McClintock #1 Oil Wells

(Satellite)

See History of Oil Production and Crude Oil Products for information about the Drake Well.

I've seen dates for 1859, 1860 and 1861 for the drilling of this well depending on the source.

Jim Roepke posted
If you visit the Pennsylvania Oil Region an interesting stop is The McClintock No. 1 Oil Well. It’s located at Waitz Road, Oil City, PA This well holds the record as the world's oldest continuously operating oil well. This oil well has produced continuously since August, 1861. Drilled only two years after the famous Drake Well. They struck oil at a depth of 620 feet. It started strong at 175 barrels a day in 1861. By 1869, output had slowed to roughly 85 barrels a day. By 1920, it was classified as a "stripper well," yielding just half a barrel of oil per day. In 1995, Quaker State donated the historic site to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, it is managed by the nearby Drake Well Museum. It is still pumped periodically to maintain its continuous operational status, producing roughly 50 gallons annually.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/oyJbDmL3X2yMsTnp8?g_st=ic

Photo, Dec 2024

Josh Schmid, Mar 2022

Josh Schmid, Mar 2022

Ariuka B, Oct 2021

Lakeland, FL: Lost ACL Roundhouse

(Satellite)

Michael Starney posted
The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. Lakeland, FL

Geoff Nordhoff: Looks like it was a busy facility with all the locomotives. I think it's pretty amazing that the yard site has been converted into a park, and that it's considered one of the best parks in the state.

Ted Gregory shared

The wye and Lake Wire make it easy to determine the location of the roundhouse.

1944/62 Lakeland Quad @ 24,000

CSX still owns these routes.

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Kent, IL: Lost/CGW Depot and Wood Feed Mill

Depot: (Satellite, based on the aerial photo below.)

Feed Mill: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot in Kent, Illinois. C1910

The wood elevator is behind the big wood building. Obviously, the feed mill has grown over the years. I don't remember seeing a feed mill before that advertises both Kent and Purina brands.

Street View, Jul 2026

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

1943/43 Lena Quad @ 62,500