Triumph, IL: UP/C&NW Depot and Grain Elevator

(Satellite, the land has been repurposed by the co-op.)

Jimmy Fiedler posted
Triumph IL (Google image)

This was on the C&NW branch that went from DeKalb, IL, to three coal mines in Spring Valley. It still goes to Troy Grove because of sand mines.

A Flickr photo of a UP sand train. This one is going through Triumph, IL. It also shows another grain elevator to which UP or C&NW refused to provide rail service.

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago and NorthWestern Station in Triumph, Illinois.  1949
Richard Fiedler shared

From the shadows, I count at least four grain elevators.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Not only has grain storage grown, it now has a lot of fertilizer supply.

Satellite