Buda, IL: Buda Tower: BNSF/CB&Q mainline vs. UP/C&NW, CB&Q Depot & Railyard

Junction: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite)

Turntable: (Satellite)

Buda is now considered by some to be a "living ghost town." [15:10 video]

Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
This is a fine composition by William F. Armstrong taken on September 30, 1908. The site is said to be the "Buda Tower" where the C&NW crossed the CB&Q. I am the only railfan in the world who does not know where the Buda tower was once located. Please clue me in.

Larry Kuhn note the utility poles in the right of the shot likely running along the road.

The C&NW crossed the CB&Q mainline southwest of Buda and crossed a CB&Q branch further south. That branch started in Buda and went south to Elmwood. The treeline for the start of the branch is quite pronounced.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The mainline crossing of the C&NW was elevated by 1941. Would the CB&Q mainline still be single track in 1908?

1941 Aerial Photo
from ILHAP

Because of the "road poles" and the 90-degree angle, the photo looks like a crossing with the mainline instead of the branch.

Bradlee VanderSchaaf posted
Buda Jct MP 1.65 on the CB&Q and MP 35.7 on the C&NW South Pekin Subdivision.

Larry Foht posted

Here's One for you History Buffs

This photo is of Buda Illinois and it's not marked

Is it 

CB&Q 

Larry Foht collection:

Thank you all for your input, comments on this photo.

Chris Goepel: CB&Q. And that’s the earlier wood frame depot, too. It was replaced by a stucco depot later, which was demolished in recent years, sadly.

Bryan Howell: On the Q looking RR westbound from Main Street.

Robert Sullivan: Buda was/is on the Burlington main between Princeton and Kewanee. The Northwestern line south from Nelson passed thru very few towns before the freight yard in Peoria. It bypassed Springfield on the way to Macoupin County coal mines.

I didn't notice the water towers in the background of the above photo until I saw them in this one.

Andy Zukowski posted
CB&Q Railroad Depot and Yard in Buda, Illinois. C.1910

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Steven J. Brown posted
Amtrak California Zephyr #6 crossing the Chicago & North Western at Buda, Illinois - May 27, 1992.

Todd Taylor: Along with the Pioneer and the Desert Wind in tow.

Kazuo Tateishi: A Geep 40!

Devin Carthen: Kazuo Tateishi F40 PH

Roger Riblett shared

Steven commented on Kazuo's comment
654 being Amtrakified at Cleburne, TX 1991

Peg Norton Foster posted
A glimpse into Buda’s past. At one time Buda was a bustling railroad and farming town.

David Sebben commented on Peg's post
Remains of the roundhouse/turntable

Peg Norton Foster posted
Here is one of the old locomotives that used to stop in Buda. This is an old postcard I have at the Mason Memorial Library in Buda. Notice it was sold at Boal’s Drugstore which is no longer standing 😢