Thursday, October 14, 2021

Carol Stream, IL: CGW Depot

(Satellite, I'm guessing it was in the southwest quadrant of Gary Ave. and the tracks based on the topo below)

Marty Bernard posted
Sunset at the Chicago Great Western Carol Stream, IL station in July 1962.
A Roger Puta photo.
Brian Watt: Dandy little station! Bet that cement plant behind it poured a lot of western suburban basement....
Steve Johnson: Are you certain of the date? I didn't think the Gretna name was changed to Carol Stream until 1963 or very late '62 at the earliest.
Arthur House: I was living nearby in Glen Ellyn at the time the photo was taken. We lived in the very north end of the village and the CGW was just about a mile away. Late at night, every night, they ran a long westbound freight. From our porch you could hear the big lash-ups of F units roaring across the then-empty prairies for miles and miles. Of course the entire region has long been submerged in suburban development and the Great Western is more than a half century gone. But in my memory, I can still hear that long night freight’s westbound passage.
Mel Harrison: This little depot was featured in Model Railtoader back in the late sixties to early seventies. There was a three view drawing for modrling purposes.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Marty's post
I presume the depot was in the southwest quadrant of the tracks and Gary Avenue. The depot was obviously not in the town's downtown. Does Carol Stream even have a downtown?
1962 West Chicago and Lombard Quadrangles @ 1:24,000



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