Huntley, IL: C&NW Depot

(Satellite)

C&NWHS posted
Huntley, Illinois is located northwest of Chicago along the original Galena and Chicago Union Railroad right of way. The line was built through the once tiny town in 1852. Freight trains still use the line to service the "Chrysler" auto plant at Belvidere, Illinois. In recent years, a plan was made to place passenger service from Chicago to Rockford along this line.
Thomas Kaufman The IRM station came from Marengo the next town west of Union. But if you have ever been to Union and compare the two structures, this looks like a standard Depot plan as the stations were basically identical.

I hope the engineer can see the diagonal train-order semaphore on the left against the cloudy sky better than it shows up in the photo.

Jim Arvites posted

View of the the Chicago & North Western Railway station at Huntley, Illinois circa 1910. Note the C&NW passenger train making a stop at the depot.

(Huntley Area Public Library)

C&NWHS posted
Someone wanted information about Huntley, Illinois.  Here is one of a number of old Huntley photos found at the archives of the C&NW Historical Society in nearby Union, Illinois.  We are looking southeast as a train up from Chicago on the way to Rockford approaches in the early 1930s.  Can someone provide a "today" photo from the same photo site?

Tyson Park: And soon if all goes to plan in 2027 there will be a new train station in Huntley served by the Chicago-Rockford Metra service funded by the State of Illinois.

Brad McFeggan posted

Huntley train Depot

James Walter: The train is heading toward Belvidere. The factory behind the Huntley depot is now apartments. Where the depot was located is now a municipal lot. If you look to the left there are two tracks. There appears to have been a small railyard.

Jake Marino: James Walter yup and the big building to the right was Enos Conley's feed seed and lumber business with the Standard Oil tanks up front.

Marcus Webber shared

Craig Holmberg commented on Marcus' share
Sanborn Map Company, Nov 1919

Jake Marino posted

Found this group accidentally and have enjoyed seeing the local-to-me (Huntley) photos! 

Here's a favorite from my collection. The old Huntley Chicago & Northwestern depot looking northeast on a cold, February 1962 night.

Steven Hooker shared

Thomas Kaufman: Looks like a twin to the former Marengo Depot now the East Union Depot at IRM.

Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler shared

In this 1939 aerial, I think it is the building in the middle of this extract. It appears there was a house track on the northeast side of the depot. Note the white fuel oil storage tracks south of the depot that are in the second C&NWHS photo above.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Jake Marino posted four photos with the comment: "I was fortunate enough to purchase a packet of old papers and maps from the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad relating to Huntley. This map, dating to the early 1940s, was my favorite! The old layout of the line through town, the location of the depot, and other details all clearly marked out, detailing a great amount of the town's history."

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