There used to be a huge coal strip mine east of this town. The mine was initially served by CB&Q and then later by TP&W. The CB&Q route is abandoned, and the TP&W route is now owned by the Keokuk Junction Railway.
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| Roger Kujawa posted Cuba, Illinois post card. Toledo Peoria and Western and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads. The Q depots were usually brown so I think the Q depot is on the right but not sure. You can see TPW cars on the interchange track in the back. The Burlington Line was originally the Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railroad from Galesburg to Havana Illinois. Part of the line survived into the 1980’s to serve local coal mines. John Stell Both depots were in southeast quadrant of the diamond. Dennis DeBruler United Electric Coal's Cuba #9 Mine was first served by CB&Q and then later also by TP&W. https://towns-and-nature.blogspot.com/.../cuba-il-united... |
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| Andy Zukowski posted CB&Q and TP&W Depots in Cuba, Illinois. C.1910. Photo by C.U. Williams Thomas Whitt shared Chuck Morris: Does anyone know what year CB&Q/BN abandoned this line? John Carson: Chuck Morris Abandoned from Fairview to Galesburg in late 1930s. BN abandoned the line from Lewistown to Fairview in the early 80s. I remember getting caught by a short coal train at the Il. Rt. 95 crossing near Cuba in the late 70s. John Carson: Wow! What a great find! Way back when you could take the TP&W west all the way to Keokuk or Warsaw, and east to Canton, Peoria and parts east. Even stopping at Civer! Or, take the CB&Q up to Fiat, Fairview, Ellisville Station and other stops all the way to Galesburg. And south to Lewistown and connect all the way to St. Louis! What memorable train rides those would have been for us enthusiasts of railroad history! C.U. Williams was a big producer of Post Cards, the social media of their day! Train stations and other public builings where always a good subject. Back in the day when many places had both morning and afternoon postal service, and some places had local morning, noon and afternoon posts. You could write a post card and have it delived locally the same day, for pennies. Trains were the primary carrier of mail between towns., and most of the time, they got there the next day! A far cry from today, where it takes four days for a local to local letter to get delivered, and costs 79 cents. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post They are now a clump of trees. The track in the foreground was the TP&W so I agree that the white depot is TP&W and the darker one is CB&Q. https://www.google.com/.../@40.4906482,-90.../data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Depot At Cuba, Illinois. 1907 Zach Malcolm shared |
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| Chris Tippey commented on Andy's post I believe this is the same depot, but the details are different. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post 1948 Lewistown Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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