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| Tim Howard posted Does anyone know the fate of Nelson Depot and Tower? I assume they were razed by UP? 1933 photo. Jon Roma: The tower closed in the mid-Eighties, and was razed by C&NW soon thereafter. The depot was probably gone years earlier. Neither made it to the UP era. 1980 photo of interlocking tower and coaling tower |
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| Larry Foht posted Hi Railfans This is the Chicago Northwestern Railroad Depot and Tower at Nelson Illinois The tracks in front of the Depot are the Main Line East and West. This is the start of the Peoria Sub. There is a Big "Y" here. The East part of the Y is about in front of the Tower. The West connects way out by the bridge over the Rock River. It's a big Y Rail excursions coming from Chicago use this Y to turn around and head back. I bet some of you have done this. Larry Foht collection : |
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| C&NWHS posted We are looking eastbound at the west end of the Nelson yard. It is protected by Tower NJ. The signal lights are retouched on this Stecher photo taken about 1916. Jeffery Kindle Wow never realized there was a tower at NJ. |
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| Joe Holman posted CNW Train 243, "Los Angeles Falcon", Nelson IL, August 10, 1974 -- Once the CNW's Falcon Service with the UP launched in mid-1973, it did not take long for a second train schedule to be set up to make Friday and Saturday afternoon departures from Wood Street Yard in Chicago. That train was 243, shown here passing the tower at Nelson late on a Saturday afternoon in August 1974. The SD40-2's on the headend, 6803, 6835, and 6840 were, like the train, all less than a year old as they guided their 35 TTX flatcar loads of trailers westward. Joe Holman photo. |
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| Robert Ball commented on a post [This photo has a better view of the coaling tower in the background.] |
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| David Kimball posted A nice surprise on this road trip vacation in 1978 was a stop at Nelson, IL where a CNW tower operator relayed that a Director’s Special was due soon. Sure enough it arrived with GP-35’s 826-824 and 3 “heavyweight CNW cars in immaculate condition.” (Photo: John A. Kimball) Gary Baloun: Great shot. Interesting that GP35’s in need of a bath we’re used. In later years they would be relatively new units that had to be washed and even have the paint touched up. Ah, the vanity if the latest CEOs. |
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Most of the tracks in the yard south of the junction have been removed.
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| Evan Johnson posted 1984 |
There was a roundhouse up in the wye of the junction.
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| Shelby Meyer commented on a post |
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UP has abandoned the stretch of this route that is west of Springfield, IL because it now also owns the UP/SP/.../Alton route. It uses trackage rights on the Illinois & Midland Railroad (IMRR) on the northwest side of Springfield to get to the Alton.
Update: So was there a tower on the east end of the yard that was called NY? Jim French posted a 1976 photo looking east from the stairs "of NY Tower." You can see the coaling tower in the background.
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| Bill Manon posted Does anyone have a Photo that they can post or direct me to of the roundhouse or the railroad hotel that was at Nelson Illinois? As far as I know the hotel burned about 1970, not sure when the Roundhouse was taken down. Thanks Ron Haahr: round house was gone by 1976. |
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| Tim Howard commented on his comment Topo maps show still there 1948, gone by 1958? sounds about right. |
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| Tim Howard commented on his comment Pulling into "enginehouse" 1955 photo |
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| Tim Howard commented on Bill's post 1984 track chart (and 1977 aerial shows engine house only thing remaining). Tim Howard posted Nelson IL yard diagram I came across years ago. Hard to read but thats the resolution I have on the scanned pdf. |
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