East Side: (Satellite, it is now a police station)
This is obviously the photo that was colorized to make the above image.
It is not as distinctive as I thought it would be.
The freight house was one block West of the main depot.
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| David Jkief shared Darren Smith's post Rockford C&NW Depot s main |
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| Brian Keith Landis commented on Darren's post |
This is obviously the photo that was colorized to make the above image.
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| Lynn Mizner posted Here's a pretty cool picture of the C&N.W. Depot in Rockford. No date mentioned. Lance Wales: The C&NW passenger trains that used this station were the ones that ran between Chicago , Elgin, Marengo, Belvidere, Rockford and Freeport. Passenger service was discontinued about 1952 or so on this line. The only passenger trains thru town after that would have been on the Illinois Central line. Passenger service remained until Amtrak took over in 1971. Rockford had no service from Amtrak until 1974. And then state funding was cut in 1981 and the train was terminated. Mark Ludolph shared The street is South Main St. The viaduct to the left is still there, as are the tracks. The IC depot was about 2 blocks south (the view in the picture is to the south). Between the two stations was an IC freight house and a small yard with a three stall roundhouse. The old main Post Office is just out of the picture to the right on S. Main. It, too, is still there, but is not the main P.O. anymore. |
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| Brian Keith Landis commented on Darren's post |
It is not as distinctive as I thought it would be.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Dennis R. Reece commented on Darren's post Here's an interesting article about its history. courtesy of the RPL archives. |
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| Dennis R. Reece commented on Darren's post Page2 |
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| John Smith -> Abandoned Rails WOW! the only CNW depot from Rockford IL that is now LONG gone. |
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| John Smith commented on his post |
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| Brian Keith Landis posted Rockford il Chicago North Western Railroad Depot .Stood on the south west corner of Main Street and Ceder Street . it was torn down in the 1950's, there were also 2 other station just south of this one on the same street , the C.B &.Q R.R / Milwaukee road and the I,C. R.R Depot . |
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| Photo taken and provided by Brian Keith Landis [Another contemporary view of where the station on Main used to be.] |
East Side Depot (Now a Police Station)
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| Street View, Sep 2015 |
2 of 12 photos posted by Brian Berthold with the comment:
Merry Christmas PeoplesCNW 7th St East Side DepotRockford Ilsadly Rockford PD owns it and its closed off to public
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Two More Depots
Brian Keith Landis indicated that C&NW had two other depots in town:
- a wooden one off Winnebago Street
- a wooden one at 4th St. and 4th Ave
In addition to the four Landis listed, Berthold includes the depot that I noted as the Trolley Depot.
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| Brian Berthold commented on his above post |
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