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Ted Gregory
posted four photos with the comment: "CGW depot and MILW Caboose."
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Dennis DeBruler commented on his share
The depot and caboose now house a railroad museum. |
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Jim Arvites posted
View of the old Chicago Great Western Railway station at Elizabeth, Illinois taken on March 4, 2023. The station, built in 1877-1878, is a depot museum today.
(Keith Pokorny Photo)
Robert Fiedler: Actually built 1886-87 |
I checked the topo map to verify that the depot was marked by a rectangle that was parallel to the tracks.
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| 1968 Elizabeth Quad @ 1:24,000 |
The dog-leg building near the lower-right corner of this excerpt caught my eye. Sure enough, a house has a dog-leg shape at the angles shown on the map. That is some impressively detailed work by the cartographer.
Ted Gregory
posted five photos with the comment:
One of very few Chicago Great Western depots in existence. This is Elizabeth, IL on the CGW Chicago main. The rail line and the highway bridge over it in town are long gone. The depot is a must-see museum. On the grounds is also a Milwaukee Road caboose.
This is an absolutely fantastic RR museum with alot of memorabilia packed in a fairly compact space.
Note these photos were from a few years back so hours/season of operation you see on sign may have changed.
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Stan L. Maddox
posted two photos with the comment:
Stumbled across a nice bit of railroad history in Elizabeth, IL., a tidy CGW depot and a MILW caboose. Can anyone provide details on the type of caboose, and in particular, the purpose of the two small door panels at floor level on either side? I'm especially curious about the purpose of the fittings sticking out, which I have not encountered before. Were these on the caboose when it was in operation?
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