Roundhouse: (
Satellite, it looks like Cast Technologies built around the old roundhouse)
Depot: (
Satellite)
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Larry Miller III posted
The Burlington turntable and roundhouse just north of Cedar Street bridge. |
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
On the left side of the photo we can see the spur that crossed Washington Street to provide access to the Alley Track. I was shocked to see that the tracks are still in the street. At least they have removed the crossing gates so that tanker trucks don't have to stop for the crossing. The roundhouse area is now a big glob of trees. It appears that Cast Technologies built around it. |
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
One advantage of roundhouses is that the topo cartographers are pretty good about recording them on the maps. The railroad scene on the riverfront appears to have lasted until 1979. But that is because it takes time for changes to show up in the maps. David Jordan has made the comment: "The current post office opened in 1980, and land for it had been acquired in February 1977." 1979 Peoria East Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
This is a comparable excerpt from a 1939 aerial photo. I was surprised that I could not see the train shed of the 1882 Union Station. Then I learned that a train wreck destroyed it on Oct 22, 1927. |
Depot
Ross Brocksmith
posted two images with the comment:
CB&Q Passenger Station
Ft Of Edmund St
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Was this in East Peoria?
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Image Source/Credit:
Ernest Grassel Collection
Only seen in-person in the Local History Collection
Downtown Branch of Peoria Public Library
From Grassel’s volumes titled TRANSPORTATION
Jon W Walker: Just a thought. Is that the Tire Plaza building behind the station? [He is referring to the white building in the right background of the photos.
That building is extant.]
David Jordan: The CB&Q built this in 1952 so it could vacate P&PU's Union Depot. Galesburg-Peoria motor trains used it from June 1, 1952 through June 30, 1960.
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