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| Jimmy Fiedler posted Hull IL depot (pike county hist society) |
Dennis DeBruler It looks like it is a union depot because it was built on an angle so that it did not favor the east/west Wabash. Nice grain elevator in the background.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
Dennis DeBruler CB&Q went in a pretty straight line between Hull and Rockford, then it turned southwestish. You can see it enter this 1939 aerial photo in the middle of the top:
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| From ILHAP |
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| The West End Spr/Hann dist page posted An arial pic of Hull looking eastbound. The depot sat right next to the diamond of the CB&Q railroad. Circa 1950s. Richard Fiedler shared Thomas Whitt shared Robert Weber: Looking east down The Wabash, which is crossing the CB&Q. Richard Fiedler shared |
I almost published a duplicate post.
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| Lisa Ruble posted Candice Marie Lynn shared |
The connector track went behind the depot and next to the grain elevator that we see in the background of the above photo.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
The wood grain elevator was replaced by bolted steel and slip-form silos.
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| Street View, Jul 2016 |
This was probably a grain elevator.
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| Satellite |
And ADM has elevators on both sides of the former GM&O route.
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| Satellite |
It uses mainly jump-form silos.
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| Street View, Jul 2016 |
It looks like three of the silos are bolted steel.
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| Street View, Jun 2012 |
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