Watseka, IL: Union Depot: C&EI and TP&W

(Satellite, the depot was moved away from the UP/C&EI tracks.)

Bill Molony posted
Union Depot in Watseka was shared by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, whose tracks ran north and south, and the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, whose tracks ran east and west.
The depot was in the southeast quadrant of the intersection.

Tim M. Hickernell Looks like they saved it, according to Google Earth, but moved it back from the intersection about 1/2 block. Nice building. I love the diagonal symmetry so that it could serve both sides equally.http://mw2.google.com/mw.../photos/medium/97533896.jpg

I saved a satellite image because it shows a prefabricated diamond ready to replace the current one.

Satellite

Update:

Steven J. Brown posted
Watseka Union Depot served the Toledo Peoria and Western And the Chicago and Eastern Illinois/MoPac. The depot was moved away from the tracks in 1990 and is used as offices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. My cousin Jerry is leaning on a phone pole in this view. Watseka, Illinois - August 1979.

Steven J. Brown shared

Brian Knight commented on Steven's share
1990

Dave Arganbright posted
Found this interesting B&W shot in my files of the 765 at Watseka in May 1980 as photographed by Homer Hill.
Harold J. Krewer Oh, just noticed this was the freight move and not the fantrip. My bad.
Larry Burk Running west on the TP&W. In the days before they moved the depot back away from the tracks
[I wonder if the FWRHS earned money for pulling freight.]

John Stell posted
TP&W-C&EI depot at Watseka.  Date and photographer unknown.  John Stell collection.

Note the train orders signal and iron man in the above photo. The depot was in the southeast quadrant, so the iron man is for the TP&W. The upper iron man arm is for the front-end crew and the lower one is for the caboose crew as illustrated by this photo.

Steven J. Brown posted
Grabing orders at Watseka, Illinois on the Toledo, Peoria and Western - September, 1980.
Dennis DeBruler shared
Joe Boscoe: Nice shot. TP&W pics are few and far between. Grabbing orders not seen very often either.

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Watseka before the depot was moved.

Roger Kujawa posted two images with the comment: "Train Depot & Iroquois Hotel Watseka Illinois IL 1911 Postcard."

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