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| Bill Molony posted This is a circa 1915 post card picture of the Big Four depot at Bloomington, Illinois. From the Blackhawk collection. Bill Molony posted Ned Carlson: The train in the background is LE&W. They had their own station but later combined with the Big Four/P&E. Ken Morrison: Where was this, and where was the LE&W station? I know that in the end, Big 4 was using the C&A station, so when did they retreat to there? Did the Nickel Plate still have passenger service when that move was made? |
A better print:
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| Roger Kujawa posted 1909, Big Four Railroad Depot, Bloomington , Illinois Postcard - Majestic Pub. Roger Kujawa shared |
Another colorization. This artist removed the telephone poles.
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| David Elliott posted This is postcard of the Big 4 depot. This depot was not used as of the end of 1957-58. P and E switched to the Alton depot then. Dennis DeBruler shared Richard C. Leonard commented on a post When the P&E (CCC&StL) had their own station in downtown Bloomington, they called this place "Alton Crossing." This was the P&E ("Big Four") depot. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on his share I think it is interesting to see how different artists colorized the same photo to make a postcard. Roger Kujawa posted: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3565856066783063&set=gm.1377014739321037 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's post So the "red building" was the depot and the yellow one was the P&E freight house. I'm speculating that the blue one was the NKP/LE&W freight house. A 1940 aerial photo |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's post They were doing maintenance on the former freight house in Sep. 2011. |
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| Roger Kujawa posted Thanks to the McLean county Historical Society Coal company’s shale pile Bloomington’s west side, 1945 The McLean County Coal Co. operated a mine on the city’s west side from the 1860s into the 1920s. The company’s mountainous shale pile was a local landmark for years. Much of it came down in the spring of 1945, used for fill at the Sylvania Electric plant site across from Lakeside Country Club. That’s the old Union depot on the left and the Paul F. Beich factory on the right. A Peoria bound Peoria and Eastern train can be seen in the background. Roger Kujawa shared with the comment: "A Peoria bound Peoria and Eastern train and the Bloomington depot can be seen from the tailing pile in this photos." |
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