Depot: (Satellite) This was the Panhandle route.
In less than a year, the remaining openings, except for the entrance door, have been boarded up.
This filling station architecture with two service bays was common in the 1950s and 60. I did not realize that it was developed during WWII. Not many filling stations were built during the war. The pumps do look older than the 1950s and 60s.
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| Michael Brandt posted The Phillips 66 gas station at 138th and Indiana Ave. The building still stands there to this day. |
When I read the comment about it still standing, I did a quick look at the intersection on a satellite map, but I could not find it. But then when I saw the address on the photo, I found the building surrounded by vegetation. That is when it occurred to me to try the timeline feature of the Street View function of Google Maps. Aug 2007 is the oldest image I could find. I saved Aug 2011 because it had less vegetation.
It is rather obvious that the high-bay in the back was added to the standard design. The two little blocked up doors on the side were probably for the Men and Women restrooms. Back then, they were on the outside. Sometimes they were ignored by the station operator and they would get filthy. In fact, in the 1960s you would see signs advertising clean restrooms. (You would also see motels advertise color TV.)
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| Street View, Aug 2011 |
In less than a year, the remaining openings, except for the entrance door, have been boarded up.
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| Street View, Apr 2012 |
The vegetation was still cut by Sep 2014. But by the next available photo, Aug 2018, they no longer bothered to control the vegetation.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
So now it is a testament to the resiliency of nature.
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
Pennsy Panhandle Depot
Not only is the depot lost, but so is the Pennsy route.
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| Ross Maselli posted Rare and never before posted photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad "Panhandle" passenger depot in Riverdale, Illinois. The station was located just south / east of the intersection at 137th Street & Wabash. The P.R.R. was once the largest railroad in the world but their refusal to modernize led to them being left behind. This photo was taken in the early 1920s and this route was discontinued in 1926. Research showed that the, "Pennsylvania Grand Riverdale Station" had fallen into horrid condition. They finally installed running water and indoor toilets in 1916 after several years harassment from the village of Riverdale. Thomas White shared Greg Burnet shared Richard Fiedler shared Ross Maselli posted Maybe a, "lost photo" of the P.R.R. depot in Riverdale, IL. Uncertain of age but I believe it was taken in the early 1920s. Bob Lalich: I've never seen a photo of the Riverdale depot before. Thanks for sharing Ross! The signals are puzzling. I've never seen blades like these. The signals do not appear in the 1916 valuation map. |
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| Ross Maselli commented on his post Robert Drye: Those are interlocking signal blades with lanterns on them. There were interlockings in both directions from the station, but guessing from the B&OCT tracks behind the station building this is looking north. Panhandle passenger trains on this line were re-routed in 1926 to run via the PRR's South Calumet & Southern and Fort Wayne line to the South side of Union Station. Panhandle line itself lasted into early Conrail era. |
It looks like they were quick to tear it down after it the depot was abandoned in 1926.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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