This is another town along the Gary Line where not much besides the grain elevator has survived. Whitaker is another.
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| Kevin Piper posted Wilton, IL, 8-28-77 Corey Brandau What year were the tracks taken out of service or removed? Junior Hill Corey Brandau Around 1977 I think. Evie N Bob Bruns By mid 70's they stopped shipping anything out of there. Today it looks like they would be quite busy as would be Andres and Whitaker. Shame they shut it down so soon. We did bring in a lot of 90ft cars with wood and steel poles for Commonwealth Edison when they were building through there. Bill Molony shared |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Kevin's post That town never was much more than the grain elevator. This is a 1939 aerial photo. https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/.../0bxk01063.jpg Kipp Meyers I count 14 cars in the siding |
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| John Eagan commented on Kevin's post |
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| John Eagan commented on Kevin's post Junior Hill This would still be a healthy shipper to this day. John Eagan Especially if it was on the KB&S... John Eagan The Norfolk & Western was approached by this elevator, one at Andres, one at Manhattan, Commonwealth Edison (a power substation) and a tank farm around 1980 to continue service over the Milwaukee. Transaction Associates (Erie Western) was also interested in operating the entire CM&G plus the Milwaukee line from Chicago Heights to Danville. Nothing came of any of this except the N&W did provide service to the tank farm, and NS continues to do so to this day. Kevin Piper There was talk of an NS intermodal facility south of Manhattan on old arsenal land, but nothing became of it. |
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| Martin O'Connor posted 1954 Aerial of Wilton Station elevator. Looking NW with Offner Rd in background, Wilton Rd in foreground. |
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| Tim Howard commetned on Martin's post today |
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| Martin commented on his post Now known as Crawford Grain International — photo from Rural Historic Survey of Wilton Twp. |
Brett Ellis posted eight photos with the comment: "Crawford Grain International, Manhattan, Illinois. A little bit of a lot of different types of storage."
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Bret's post This was Wilton, IL. A railroad used to run right next to the two wood elevators. That railroad was last owned by the Milwaukee Railroad. Before that, it was the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary. And it was built as the Illinois, Iowa & Minnesota Railway. This is an example of an Illinois town that disappeared except for the grain elevator after the railroad was abandoned. |
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