Santa Fe: (
Satellite, the building is long gone)
Pennsy: (
Satellite, this area has been significantly rebuilt including curving First Ave. to the west.)
Wood Elevator: (
Satellite)
This remnant of the Santa Fe route to Morton, IL, is now effectively an industrial spur that allows the TP&W to serve the
pumpkin factory and some industries on the west side of town.
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D Scott Kramer posted
Here's a nice Sante Fe Pekin District shot of the southbound “Chico Chief" passing the depot at Morton, IL on April 26, 1969.
Photograph by Roger Holmes
Ken Morrison: Santa Fe still had passenger service to Pekin in 1969?
D Scott Kramer: Ken Morrison This was a special railfan excursion. |
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Richard Fiedler posted
Santa Fe depot and doodlebug Morton IL about 1953 on the Pekin branch. Paul Stringham photo.
Richard Fiedler shared |
Richard Fiedler
posted two photos with the comment: "Terre Haute and Indianapolis/ Vandalia RR depot Morton IL. About 1895 ish."
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The cartographer for the
Monticello, IN, depots spoiled me because he marked black rectangles in the red area and labeled them "Sta." The cartagrapher for this map did not add a black rectangle for the depot.
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| 1970 Morton Quad @ 24,000 |
So I tried an old map where they used to mark each building. Unfortunately, there is no long, skinny black rectangle parallel to the mainline.
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| 1932 Mackinaw Quad @ 62,500 |
On this aerial photo, I think the Sante Fe depot is the rectangle on the north side of the tracks about a half block west of Jefferson Street. The Pennsy depot was south of the tracks and a little east of where First Avenue used to be. I think Washington Street is on the former Pennsy RoW.
I noticed a grain elevator in the background of the first Pennsy photo. To my surprise, a wood grain elevator is still standing.
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