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| Gary Sams -> Illinois Central Charter Line |
Harold J. Krewer Those gates were manually operated from the depot well into the 60s. When the operator went home, he hung "GATES NOT WORKING" signs on both sides of the crossing.The train is blocking the view of the freight house that was west of the depot.
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| Gary Sams -> Illinois Central Charter Line |
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| 1926 Sanborn Map, Sheet 6 |
Both buildings were still standing in a 1939 aerial photo:
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| Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| William Wozniak posted |
Elgin Joliet and Eastern West End Local....End of April, Early May 1980..LaSalle IL....The LONG GONE BN Depot behind this train...Dave Woz photo.I'm sure glad he pointed out the BN/CB&Q depot or I would have missed that. This would be a view of the northeast side.
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| William Wozniak posted Chessie System in LaSalle....1982...Dave Woz photo...The GP-15T's have started showing up....Not sure where the Conrail(3rd engine) is being towed to. [Rock Island depot on the right, CB&Q depot on the left, and Westclox on the hill in the background.] |
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| William Wozniak posted Another Chessie Train with switchers enroute to the Iowa railroad company...1982....LaSalle...Dave Woz photo.. [A corner of the depot is on the right, and the CB&Q tracks are in the middle of the picture.] |
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| William Wozniak posted Special train in LaSalle along The Rock......1982..Dave Woz photo |
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| William Wozniak posted Quad City Rocket going through LaSalle...BN depot behind the train..1978...(d. woz) Brian Ehni Two E-units to power a 2 car train. Sad commentary on the reliability of them by 1978.Harold J. Krewer Actually, it wasn't a reliability issue. Toward the end both the turntables at Rock Island and Peoria were bad order and no way to spin the loco, so they went in back-to-back pairs. Not like they didn't have enough spares sitting around. |
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| Harold J. Krewer commented on a posting This station was a half-block west of the Rock Island depot (where you COULD catch a train to Chicago until 1978) and on the other side of the RI main line, sitting between the RI and CB&Q/BN tracks. Here is another Dave Wozniak photo from 1982 showing the relationship between the two buildings. The RI depot is at right with the Chessie train in front of it and the BN depot is visible directly above the train. Harold J. Krewer I changed the date on the above photo. It can be no earlier than late 1982 as the Chessie train has GP15Ts pulling it and the switchers dead-in-train would be heading to the IRRC at Bureau, which didn't exist prior to July 1982. [It was 1981.] |
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| Andy Zukowski posted CB&Q Greybacks, LaSalle, Illinois Here, the CB&Q 167C and company layover in LaSalle, Illinois. Photo by Ken Carlson in 1967 Carl J. Marsico: Looks like the RI Peru-LaSalle station in the background CB&Q ROW is just south of the RI ROW |
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| Harold J. Krewer commented on Andy's post The CB&Q Depot in LaSalle would have been slightly behind and to the left of the photographer, it sat on the north side of the tracks at Creve Coeur St Here is the LaSalle depot, taken in 1980 from almost the same spot as the F units, only turned around. Andy Zukowski collection: |
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| Christie Pasieka posted Pam Broviak: I could be wrong but I tried to make a visual of what I am seeing. Hopefully you can get to this link where I tried to point out features I am thinking I see. On the 2nd page of this I pasted sections of the Sanborn maps showing a ravine at the end of 2nd in LaSalle but none at 4th in LaSalle where there are homes on both sides of the road at 4th and to the south. https://www.canva.com/.../PIacqSGLkJIDkQUhNrpscA/view... |
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