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| Wayne DeMunn posted Large Ca 1924 aerial view of downtown DeKalb looking eastward.. If you download this, I've labeled some of the more important rail related points. F.S. Natusch photo from the Joiner History Room. Wayne DeMunn You can also see the image on the Regional History Center website. They use a viewer that takes some practice but you get some really good Hi-Rez views. http://dekalb.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dekalb%3A834 |
Wayne mentioned that he has posted this before. And I do remember seeing it. But I can't find it in the blog, so I'm going to save it this time by focusing on the freight houses.
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| Extracted from above posting Note the grain elevator behind the freight house. |
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| a A cropped view of the C M & G Freight depot, complete with playground in front so the kiddies can play in this heavily industrialized area with trains every where. — in DeKalb, Illinois. Jeff Kehoe Looks like a CM&G caboose at the end of that cut of cars on the siding. |
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| b Going by the aerial photo, this must have been the east end of the C M & G Fright depot. At the west end, it was a two story structure. Waite Embree photo, June 28, 1936. — in DeKalb, Illinois. Wayne DeMunn  This was actually several years after the Milwaukee Road took over the CM&G. They never bothered to change the sign. Instead they nailed up a small sign on the left side: Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul.Andy Zukowski posted a different exposure Chicago, Milwaukee, & Gary (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific); Freight Station; Date 6/28/36 Dekalb, Illinois. Photo by Waite Embree Larry Graham shared A little SIR related. CM&G freight house, DeKalb, Illinois. When it was still a through route using J trackage rights. Craig Holmberg shared |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, DeKalb, Illinois Freight House 1951. Photo by Waite Embree |
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