Union Depot: (Satellite, it occupied this block.)
1928: (Satellite, demolished in 2017)2017: (Satellite, Multimodal Transportation Center accommodates rail, buses, taxis and cyclists)
Union Depot served Chicago & Alton and Big Four. [Bill Edrington comment on a post]
Union Depot is near the center of this excerpt.
Update: Rob Meyer commented on a post: "Rob Meyer: I remember being told that the GM&O ran up one of the streets in Alton on it's way to upstate Illinois. Which street was it on the map?"
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| Madison County ILGenWeb posted This photo shows the train running north on Piasa Street in Alton, c. 1930, headed for Godfrey. In the background can be seen the flour mill. From the GM&O Railroad Historical Society News, courtesy of Ritch Loid. Walter Siglock Mom with take me with her to go shopping at the A&P on Piasa. I loved to watch the steam engines pulling frieght go by. Lee Dick My great grandfather Ed Bryant was engineer for the Illinois Terminal rail road. He drove both steam and Diesel engines. He said there is a constant up hill grade from Downtown Alton to Brighton. It would take one good steam engine or two to three diesels to pull a mile long train up the grade. Ritch Loid Lee Dick Yep. Gathering up steam for that long uphill grade. The old train station was just around the corner from this spot. Dave Hall shared Ray Harstick That grain elevator on the right is still there. Karen Hudgens pie-uh-saw |
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| 1948 Alton Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
Union Depot is near the center of this excerpt.
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| 1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
The Bluff Line Depot was the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Depot.
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| Adam Davis posted |
Update: Rob Meyer commented on a post: "Rob Meyer: I remember being told that the GM&O ran up one of the streets in Alton on it's way to upstate Illinois. Which street was it on the map?"
[I think Rob is referring to a map in SouthernIllinoisRailroads.]
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| Candice Marie Lynn commented on Rob's comment It’s Piasa Street and I marked it with a blue arrow. |
1928 Depot
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| William A. Shaffer posted College Avenue Station. (10.01.17) Alton, IL (Photo by William A. Shaffer) I caught many a train here at the Alton-College Avenue Station. It was razed shortly after this photo was taken----replaced with a big new beautiful depot! |
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| Andy Zukowski posted The Gulf Mobile & Ohio Depot in Alton, Illinois was photographed by Wesley L. Hammond on February 25, 1968 |
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| Google Earth, Aug 2017 |
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| Google Earth, Feb 2018 |
2017 Depot
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| Street View, Apr 2019 |
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