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UP has done a nice job of preserving the
C&NW depot in DeKalb. Note the
MoW equipment parked on the left.
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| Southwest Corner |
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This is first turret I have personally
seen on a depot |
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| Southeast Corner |
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| Northeast Corner |
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| Northeast Corner |
The southeast and northeast corner views show that the east end was the freight house part because some of the freight doors are still present. You can tell by the redder brick that the freight doors near the middle were removed, probably to make more office space.
I wonder if UP is in the middle of a program of switching from wood to concrete ties or if most of their traffic runs on Main 1 and Main 2 is used more as a siding for meets at full speed.
The lower-right corner of this picture is how I know that the north track is Main 1.
I took this picture to capture the owl, but I widened the shot to include the shield over the replaced door and the indication that this is now the office of the structures department.
After I took a picture of the northeast corner of the depot, I turned towards the east and took a shot to record that the track further east has been abandoned. The aerial below indicates it was one of a few industrial leads and perhaps a team track.
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City of DeKalb, Illinois posted
Photo: Last Run Train Kate Shelley Railroad Depot 1971 Postcard |
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Jim Arvites posted
View of a westbound Chicago & North Western passenger train making a station stop at DeKalb, Illinois in August 1935. The old C&NW station, built in 1891, is still standing today.
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Art Lemke also served by two interurubans that did not connect.
Jim Arvites posted again
Richard Fiedler shared |
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Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
This is DeKalb, Illinois south of the main line. The doubleheader is ready to cross what is today Illinois highway 38. The train is headed southbound to Spring Valley, Illinois. The photo was taken on July 31, 1936. The photo is from the Ray Buhrmaster collection held at the archives of the C&NW Historical Society
[Satellite To my surprise, UP has kept most of this branch to the south. It now terminates at Troy Grove to serve some sand mines.]
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Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
This is DeKalb, Illinois about 1910. A new college, Northern Illinois Teachers Normal School, opened just about 15 years before this photo was taken. There is no photographer data on the back of the photo. The photo is in the Ray Buhrmaster collection held at the archives of the Chicago and North Western Historical Society. The C&NW freight house is the building to the far right where the man is standing on the platform. The freight station sat on that part of where Locust St is now. |
Ray Lampman took a corresponding "now" picture for this "then" picture.
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| Ray Lampman comment on the above posting |
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Jim Arvites posted
View from a bygone era of a Union Pacific "City Streamliner" and a Chicago & North Western steam powered passenger train eastbound at the DeKalb, Illinois depot on July 1, 1954.
(Joiner History Room)
Alfred Fickensher City of Denver if my old eyes are reading the badly focused train board (112) correctly. |
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Gilbert Sebenste posted
The Norfolk Southern "Interstate" heritage unit flies through an area of moderate intensity snowfall, westbound past the depot at DeKalb, IL. Leading a very late MALG3-04, it gave me the opportunity to get this at night, as though it were in a snow globe. 1/6/24, 12:49 AM. Full resolution: |
Mar 2025:
William Shapotkin
posted three photos with the comment:
On Wednesday, March 26th, Robert Hillman and I ventured out to the wilds of De Kalb County, Illinois to capture a few relics of railroads past. This is the first installment of what we saw.
On the endangered species list is the one-time De Kalb, IL C&NW psgr station. Unused in that capacity since Amtrak Eve (April 30, 1971), the bulding had been used the successor UP by their engineering department. It had been my understanding that the UP was no longer using the facility and that its days are numbered. Well, as of today it was still-standing, but all boarded up and awaiting its ultimate fate. These views look west toward the building. William Shapotkin Photos.
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The lower-right corner of this picture is how I know that the north track is Main 1.
I took this picture to capture the owl, but I widened the shot to include the shield over the replaced door and the indication that this is now the office of the structures department.
After I took a picture of the northeast corner of the depot, I turned towards the east and took a shot to record that the track further east has been abandoned. The aerial below indicates it was one of a few industrial leads and perhaps a team track.
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