Pittsburgh, PA: Kroger Depot Terminal and Strip District

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This was the distribution center for fresh produce for the region. This would handle the produce for all of the railroads hauling produce to the region.

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted

Carloads of fruits & vegetables at the Kroger Depot Terminal in the area of the Strip District along the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh around 1941. 

(Photo by John Vachon via Farm Security Administration/Shorpy]

Gary Monroe: That's Herrs Island upstream on the Allegheny. Pig island now called Washingtons Landing.

[Note all of the open hatches above the ice bunkers. I see a CB&Q car among the PFE cars.]

This produce terminal helps explain why there were so many tracks north of Pennsy's passenger train facilities.

1951/51 Pittsburgh East @ 24,000

At least one of the buildings has been repurposed rather than torn down.

Street View, Jun 2022

The south end of that building.

Street View, Oct 2024

Some buildings still perform the original function of the Strip District. But the buildings are new to accommodate semi trucks instead of refers and horse & wagons.

Satellite

HisoricPittsburgh

Chicago had four produce terminals as the volume increased and the mode of transportation evolved from railroad plus horse & wagon to railroad plus small trucks to 18-wheelers: Water Street and South Water Market, Chicago Produce Terminal and today's Chicago International Produce Market (CIPM).

Mount Pulaski, IL: Junction: IC vs. IC and Lost Depot

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Noah Haggerty posted
Looking northeast from the self-intersecting crossing at Mount Pulaski, Illinois sits the railroad depot on January 4, 1992, on the Illinois Central's line halfway between Clinton and Springfield. The town's historical society tried their best to save the depot, though funds weren't available and was soon torn down. Kirk Reynolds Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection.

Ted Fisk: What is a 'self intersecting ' crossing?

James Maltby: NO interlocking plant to control movement over this crossing.

The C&S crossed the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville.

Predecessors via Dennis DeBruler

1940 Aerial Photo via ILHAP

Digitally Zoomed

The grain bins in the aerial photo have been replaced by jump-form silos.

Street View, Aig 2013

Trempealeau, WI: Lost/CB&Q Depot

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David Nelson posted, cropped

Yet another of the CB&Q depots along the Mississippi River line

This one is in the now-popular tourist destination, Village of Trempealeau. I have no date for the photograph, but the presence of the baggage wagon on the platform provides a hint of the era

But note that the roof has a gap where the train order board post used to exist. So perhaps no operator per se on duty? It also appears that a door on the end of the depot has been sided-over.

Thomas Whitt shared

1929/29 Galesville Quad @ 62,500

The depot and railyard have been replaced by 1st Street.

WIHAP

Collinsville, IL: Lumaghi Mines #1-#4 and National Road (US-40)

Mine #1: (Satellite)

Mine #3: (Satellite)

US-40 Overview

Roger Kujawa posted
Postcard Lumachie Mine, Collinsville, Illinois - used in 1906
Seen on eBay

Eric Jackstadt: Lumaghi.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
Lumaghi had three mines along the Pennsylvania tracks and one further North after the first three mines closed. https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/.../collinsville.pdf

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
But I think this tipple was for Mine #1, and it remained active as the prep plant for the other mines. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SVbKJ1yaLLvG7PBt6 1940 aerial photo

National Road (US-40)

The National Road probably originally used Vandalia & Main Streets and St. Louis Road to go through Collinsville. By 1937, the Belt Highway was built to connect to IL-157 to bypass the downtown congestion. Today US-40 uses I-55 by this town.

1937/37 Collinsville Quad @ 24,000

Floral Park, NY: Long Island Park Junction Tower: LI vs. LI

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Peter James Paras posted six images with the comment:

Long Island RR's Park Tower. Floral Park, Long Island, NY.

This tower was active until the LIRR grade separated the right of way demolished the tower.  It controlled the Main Line and a junction to the Hempstead Branch.  Photos by original photographers.

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1954/57 Lynbrook Quad @ 24,000

The tracks are not elevated in this photo and it shows the tower. But I was surprised that the tracks were elevated because the contour lines next to the tracks in the above topo map imply that they were elevated in 1954.

Feb 19, 1954 @ 20,000; AR1VBV000120063

To confirm that the USGS made a mistake, I got more information. This is what it looks like after it was elevated.

Feb 23, 1966 @ 24,000; AR1VBIO00020032

And this confirms that there are no contour lines next to the tracks when they are not elevated.

1947/47 Lynbrook Quad @ 24,000

Washtucna, WA: Two Wood Grain Elevators

North: (Satellite)

South: (Satellite)

The one on the right is the northern elevator.

Street View, Jun 2023

Byron Kuehl posted
Took a drive into the Palouse today, the sun angle was still favorable, so i reshot this placename elevator at Washtucna Washington.  They're a dying breed as well as box crib elevators around here...nobody wants to spend the money relettering when they're repainted!

They are still repainting these elevators.

Street View, Jul 2023

The wood elevators are in the lower-left corner of this excerpt. The town has two more storage grain elevators to the north and east.

Satellite

1948/76 Ayer Quad @ 62,500

Interlocken, MI: C&O/PM+Manistee and North Eastern Depot and Junction Tower

Crossing: (Satellite)

Greg Bunce posted
Interlochen, Michigan crossing of the Pere Marquette and the Manistee and North Eastern in Northwestern Lower Michigan.  Both lines are now gone.

The "National Music Camp" is why I have heard of the town Interlocken.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Greg's post
The M&NE was gone by 1956. I found another map that shows it came up from between the two lakes.   1956 Thompsonville Quad @ 62,500

The Pere Marquette is easy to find on a satellite image since it appears to be a trail. But the M&NE is pretty well erased. So, I got this aerial to find the M&NE.

Apr 1, 1955 @ 17,000; AR1VBF000060052

The M&NE was between Depot Road and J. Maddy Pkwy where it crossed the PM. The joint depot appears to be gone by 1955 since the M&NE has been abandoned.

Digitally Zoomed