Monroe, WI: IC & Milwaukee Depots and IC Freight House

IC Depot: (Satellite, the land has been repurposed.)

IC Freight House: (Satellite)

Milwaukee Depot, Current: (Satellite)

Milwaukee Depot, Original: (Satellite, as is typical, the depot's land is now part of a parking lot.)

This town was on the IC Madison Branch, which was abandoned in 1981.

Larry Foht posted

Illinois Central Railroad Depot

Monroe Wisconsin

Larry Foht collection :

This is a postcard from 1920.

John Cook: David Heider Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation still owns the right of way from Madison, WI to Freeport, IL. It's presently known as the Jane Addams trail in Illinois and the Badger State trail in Wisconsin. Illinois units of government lease the Illinois portion for one dollar a year.

David Fry: That building was torn down and replaced with a new brick station. Interestingly enough, the stonework on the end with “Monroe” was saved and is on display at the historic Cheese making center in Monroe.

Brian Keith Landis: The Illinois Central Railroad Freight House in Monroe is still standing.

Richard Kundert commented on Larry's post
This is the original Monroe depot built in the late 1880's. I seem to recall that this depot was destroyed in a fire. The stone letters "MONROE" are now in front of the Cheese Museum (the former Milwaukee Road depot) on the southwest side of Monroe. The IC freight depot was incorporated into the Swiss Colony building. Postcard photo from the Dale Jensen collection, provided by John Gruber.

Larry Candilas commented on Larry's post
This might be it back in 1937 - north side of town.
Mike Ascher: Larry Candilas no. On 18th
[Was the depot replacement date between 1920 and 1937?]

Mike Buol commented on Brian's comment
Shot from 1983. Special passenger trains for Monroe’s 101st anniversary. IC was gone since 1981. Short line Central Wisconsin

Mike Buol commented on Brian's comment
1981. Building hard to recognize now as Swiss Colony (Colony Brands) added on to it for their use.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
This 1922 topo shows the spur that the IC used to get to the freight house:
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q1ftkFkpEeEaf3Zf6

The Milwaukee depot with the IC sign.

Street View, May 2023

1937 Aerial Photo

Wausau, WI: Preserved/C&NW Depot and FOXY/CN/Milwaukee Railyard

Depot: (Satellite)

Railyard: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2019

Brian D Strayer posted three photos with the comment: "I was in Wausau, Wisconsin recently and took time to take photos of the train depot. Many of you will remember that the image of the station was used for decades by Wausau Insurance in their advertising. Seven years after the Milwaukee Road ended passenger train service, the insurance company purchased the station and planned to move it to their corporate campus. The community pushed back and the station stayed in place with the local Boy Scout council as the tenant for 20 years. Wausau Insurance loved the station so much they built a replica for themselves. A distillery/cocktail lounge, named Timekeeper, now occupies the station and adjacent to the parking lot is a bar named the Hiawatha Lounge."

Mark Manz: Walthers made an HO Scale train station kit based on this building.

Jay Blanchett: Great setting. We were almost regulars at the Hiawatha Friday fish fry in the mid 90s. Visitors we took there raved about it. The iconic depot was very well-kept, and everyone knew it from the "60 Minutes" sponsorship spot.

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The C&NW went east/west through this area, but it is now mostly abandoned. The Milwaukee went north/south through town. They crossed at the south end of the Milwaukee railyard in Wausau Junction.

1955 Wausau Quad @ 48,000

FOXY took over 650 miles of the former CN track in Jan 2022. [wsaw] This is a view of the railyard while it was still owned by CN.

Street View, Sep 2019

Map

Peabody, KS: Wood Grain Elevator

Wood: (Satellite)

C&B: (Satellite)

Tillotson: (Satellite)

Along the former-Santa Fe railroad: C&B and Wood.

Street View, Jul 2023

Along the former Rock Island railroad: Tillostson.

Street View, Aug 2023

Bob Summers posted five photos with the comment: "Peabody, in eastern Marion County Kansas, is our next stop as we continue northeast on the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, mainline. The iron clad was probably repurposed for feed grains after the co-op engaged Chalmers & Borton to built their 300,000 bushel concrete elevator in 1974.  The other concrete elevator is a Tillotson “head house less” design.  Many were built as line houses for Snell Milling mid century.  This one was on the Rock Island line that crossed the Santa Fe at Peabody.  Mid Kansas Co-op shows a capacity of 559,000 bushels in the two elevators plus 270,000 bushels in flat storage in this full service branch location.  Photographed 2020."

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Zanesville, OH: Lost/B&O Roundhouse and Wood Grain Eelevator

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Wood Elevator: (Satellite)

Rick Shilling posted
1945 Muskingum County, Ohio History photo showing Zanesville, Ohio Y Bridge along with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse, Turntable and Shops. Roundhouse demolished 1969.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Rick's post
1960 aerial photo [AR1VABA00020049]

A topo map accurately marks the location of the roundhouse and backshop.

1962 Zanesville West Quad @ 24,000

While studying the Strauss Overhead Bridge that the B&O used to cross the canal, I noticed a wood grain elevator that was still standing. One can still see the Purina checkerboard branding. Google Maps labels it as a "Animal feed store."

Street View via Dennis DeBruler

Brian Edgell, Sep 2021

The former-B&O route is now owned by the Columbus & Ohio River Railroad (CUOH). Judging  by the cuts of freight cars, it looks like they have plenty of railroad action in this town.

Satellite

Enid, OK: Farmers Market/Rock Island Depot and "Shark" Bridge

Depot: (Satellite)

Bridge: (Satellite)

See Frisco for a topo map of the town.

Street View, Sep 2023

Friends of Passenger Rail Oklahoma posted two images with the comment:

Enid, Oklahoma 

Enid could be considered the capital of northwest Oklahoma.  The once cosmopolitan community boasted rail routes radiating to all corners of the compass.  Lines represented included the Santa Fe Railway, Frisco Railway, and Rock Island Railroad.

Kris Buckley: Growing up in Enid in the 90’s I was always intrigued by the old train station with the red clay tile roof. They renovated it sometime in the early 2000’s and added basic tar shingles to the roof and it is far more dull now then it used to be. I always hoped they’d reopen it as a passenger train station but I doubt Enid will ever get passenger rail service again.

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While looking for the depot on a satellite map, I noticed the label "Shark Bridge." I checked it out.

Street View, Oct 2016

When I noticed the clearance sign with a flashing yellow light, I realized that this was a truck eating bridge. According to street views, they added the paint job between Jun 2013 and Oct 2016. I wonder how much it has helped prevent truck accidents.

Tyler Koehn, Nov 2022, cropped

Lowell, MI: King Milling built a fourth mill in town

(Satellite)

I didn't realize there was so much wheat farming in Michigan.

safe_image for New flour mill in Lowell can produce 800K pounds a day

Bob Summers: State or Providence please

The $47m expansion increases the total capacity to over 2.5m pounds a day.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's comment
It looks like it was already a big mill, https://maps.app.goo.gl/ebrVqv5xxTPATXs59

Obviously, it has rail service. The railroad was the Grand Trunk, but it is now the Mid-Michigan Railroad. There is a conveyor over the railroad, but it is not a Class I railroad.

Street View, Sep 2022

Youngstown, OH: B&O Ohio Junction (OW) Tower: B&O vs. B&O

(Satellite, according to Tod's comment belo, the foundation of the tower.)

Darren Reynolds posted two photos with the comment: "B&Os 'OW' tower (Ohio Jct.) Youngstown,Ohio."

Darren Reynolds: Chuck McAbee Did it have a Interlocking machine?

Chuck McAbee: Yes - It controlled crossovers and directional passing sidings on the Akron Main Line Sub and the connection to the Lake Sub to DeForest Jct and then on to Painesville.

Tod Fillman: I believe that power pole is still in the same location beside the old tower foundation.

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[The orange sky and smokestacks in the right background were probably from the Y&ST Brier Hill Works. ]

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I used this map to understand Chuck's comment.

Rumsey

I then traced the B&O south from Girard to determine that the Lake Erie branch crossed the river in the upper-left corner of this excerpt. But on a satellite image, I traced that track further south because it does not join the mainline until here.

1956 Girard Quad @ 24,000

Apr 27, 1950 @ 19,200; AR1KM0000020010