Tower: (Satellite?)
Was the depot replaced with a simpler building between 1939 and 1964?
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| Andy Zukowski posted Railroad Depot in Somonauk, Illinois. 1908 [The photo also includes milk cans and a crossing guard tower.] Richard Fiedler shared |
The crossing guard tower and city water tower in the background of the above photo were about a block away.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
Was the depot replaced with a simpler building between 1939 and 1964?
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| 1964 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Bill Molony posted Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class O-5A 4-8-4 Northern-type #5617, passing the tower at Somonauk, Illinois at 50 miles an hour, westbound with train #67 on October 7, 1942. The 5617 was built at the CB&Q's Quincy Shops in 1939. [Note that you can see three pipelines turn sideways around the wheels of the locomotive. There are also some side bars visible down by the tower. Judging by the signals next to the tower, it must also do train orders.] |
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