Coal City, IL: Santa Fe and GM&O Depots

Santa Fe: (Satellite)

GM&O: (Satellite, a guess based on the aerial photo below.)

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The Santa Fe station at Coal City.
The original Santa Fe station in Coal City burned down in 1920. This is the station that replaced it.

Andy Zukowski posted
Santa Fe Railroad Depot in Coal City Illinois 1950’s
Jim Kelling shared
Coal City, Illinois (Santa Fe station)
Richard Fiedler shared

It still exists and is used by the BNSF maintenance crews. By finding the Santa Fe depot on a satellite image at the end of Church Street, I was able to find it on a 1940 aerial photo (green rectangle below). But the location of the GM&O depot (yellow rectangle) is just a guess.

Street View, Aug 2024
Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's share
Not only is it extant, BNSF still owns it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BR8WzCGLBs2vTQcR6.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/y79smCdqBW473Xa18

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1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Update:

Bill Molony posted
The Santa Fe depot at Coal City - May, 1980.
Andy Zukowski posted
Santa Fe Depot in Coal City, IL, 1975
Richard Fiedler shared

George Spumony posted
Santa Fe station, Coal City, Illinois
Richard Fiedler shared

William Shapotkin commented on George's post
This is (as I understand) depot #2 at Coal City. Somewhere I found this photo of depot #1, According to what I read, it was built in 1876 burned in the 1920s.