Bloomington, IL: Funk Seed Co.

Matt Smith posted
Funk Bros Seed Ad. Shows rail shipping on both sides of the warehouse. The foreground is LE&W and the rear of building would be Big Four (Peoria & Eastern) and Chicago and Alton. In later years Funks would be served by the Peoria and Eastern exclusively. Not sure if or when the NKP stopped serving them directly instead of via interchange.
Jacob Hortenstine at one time Funk's G Hybrid was a great seed corn.
[I used to remember Funk's Hybird signs hanging on farmer fences next to a corn field. This is a reminder of how successful Monsanto's Roundup+GMO seed development has been in putting other seed companies out of business.]

You can tell that this illustration was probably painted before 1910 because the artist not only put black smoke coming out of Funk's smokestack, but all of the smokestacks in the background are also belching black smoke. From the photo below, we can see that the artist added another story to the warehouse.

In a comment, Matt Smith provided a 1950's aerial at almost the same angle.

McLean County Museum of History posted

Bloomington’s far west side
Undated aerial

At the time of this photograph, Funk Bros. Seed Co. operated the grain silos and complex of buildings seen in the lower half of this view. The plant in the upper right shows a Ralston-Purina Co. facility. Today, the Funk Bros. silos are home to Upper Limits, the popular climbing gym. Cargill, Inc. now operates the Ralston-Purina site.

The warehouse is gone. The track by Cargill is a remnant of a Chicago & Alton branch that was abandoned by ICG. This remnant exists just to serve Cargill. The Constitution Trail along Washington Street was the NYC/Big Four/Peoria & Eastern.

3D Satellite

Satellite

The NS/NW/NKP/Lake Erie & Western is the track that curves to the north. Perhaps in the past it did have an industrial spur that left their mainline around Gas Ave. and continued west to serve the warehouse.

Nope, a 1940 aerial view (below) shows that a LE&W spur was another "alternate fact" by the advertiser.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP