Worden, IL: Worden Coal Mine

(Satellite)

Jim Yasinski posted
Worden, Illinois Coal Mine

Worden Quad

Indexes 2801-03 all had the name "Worden" in their corporate history.

Directory

But I think the dates of Index 453 are more consistent with the photo. This map marks the remains of 453 and 2799 as "mine dump." A contemporary map shows that UP now owns the NYC route. This surprised me, so I dug into it. NYC was the Big Four. And the Big Four and C&EI shared this route. Of course, the C&NW used to be the Litchfield & Madison Railway. The abandoned C&NW, along with the abandoned Illinois Terminal south of town, is now the Madison County Transit Quercus Grove Trail.

1954 Worden Quad @ 24,000

The buildings were removed by 1941, but there was still a lot of work to do before it was a park.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Trenton, NJ: Trenton Iron and Roebling Wire Steel Mills

Trenton Iron: (3D Satellite, it is the triangle that now contains a sports arena)

Roebling Wire: (Satellite, it was on the east side of NJ-129/Pennsy RR/Delaware & Raritan Canal)

Trenton also had the colonial Trenton Steel Works (satellite). The web page describes the cementation process. It makes you appreciate why the Kelly/Bessemer Process made steel so much cheaper.

Scott Lynn posted
American Steel and Wire.
Later became the US Steel Trenton Works. I worked there for 5 years before they closed the plant. Made bridge cable, crane rope, and other wire rope up to 5 inch! They made cannons and cannon balls for the civil war in one of the buildings. Long gone now😔.
Mark Kennedy: My Father started in Sales there in 50"s and then USS purchased them. Still increasing Steel Spring Sales, Invented and Coined "King and Queenn Size Mattress" Working with Mattress and Furniture Manufactures developed "Flexsteel"
James Torgeson: The wire and cable for "Mighty Mac" was made there!
Scott Lynn: James Torgeson amazing how many different types of cable and wire we made there. The last job I had there was working in “pre-stress.” We would stretch the cable to a certain percentage of it’s maximum capacity to take all of the structural stretch out of the cable. It was amazing the weight that some of them were rated at. It was a really interesting place to work!
Dennis DeBruler: This steel mill is evidently in New Jersey instead of Michigan. Where was it in Trenton? The original plant was near the downtown and was a lot smaller.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.nj1096.photos?st=gallery&c=160
Scott Lynn: Dennis DeBruler that plant was right next to the US Steel one. At the time of this picture it would have been on the other side of the canal. When I worked there the canal had been filled in and there were railroad tracks in its place.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's comment

So there were two companies making wire right next to each other. No wonder I was confused. NJ-129 used to be the Pennsylvania Railroad, which used to be a canal.

1907 Trenton Quadrangle @ 125,000

You worked at what started as Trenton Iron and what is now a sports arena.

http://www.vonbleichert.eu/trenton-iron-american-wire-us-steel/

Part of Roebling Wire would be in the lower-right corner of the photo.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2090826,-74.7544838,339a,35y,329.43h,53.28t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post

HAER NJ,11-TRET,33-

"Significance: In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25 acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his three sons Washington, Ferdinand, and Charles took over. Besides designing, building, and supplying cable and wire rope for important suspension bridges from the 1860s to the 1930s, the company manufactured wire rope and related products for shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products."

https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.nj1096.sheet

This factory was not the largest. Roebling built three more plants including the 1904 Kinkora Works a little downstream from Trenton.

https://goo.gl/maps/1YKsGJgPu2MHnEBT9

Library Company of Philadelphia - 1
Aerial views of the the American Steel and Wire Company plant. In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25 acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his sons took over. The company manufactured wire rope and related products for suspension bridges, shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products. The company was a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show ortions of the plant from several angles with the city of Trenton visible in the distance.

Library Company of Philadelphia - 2
[Part of Roebling Wire is in the middle right of this photo.]

Library Company of Philadelphia - 1

Danial Hogan posted three photos with the comment: "American Steel & Wire Company factory plant, Trenton, New Jersey 1926 - "Aerial views of the American Steel and Wire Company plant. In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25-acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his sons took over. The company manufactured wire rope and related products for suspension bridges, shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products. The company was a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show portions of the plant from several angles with the city of Trenton visible in the distance." (Aero Service Corporation, photographer, LCP)"

James Jorgeson shared with the comment: "American Steel & Wire (USS)."

1

2

3

Du Bois, PA: B&O/BR&P Backshop, Roundhouse, Coal Tower and Depot

Backshop: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

BR&P = Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh

This town is now served by the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad.

Raymond Storey posted
DU BOIS
Jackson-Township historical preservation posted

B R & P (Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh) Railroad Shops and Roundhouse in the city of DuBois, Clearfield County in 1910.

(Photo from Penny Meholick)

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company updated
The two roundhouses at the Dubois locomotive shops circa 1920. The “old” roundhouse on the right was built in the 1880’s, and the “new” roundhouse on the left was built to accommodate bigger locomotives in the 1910s. The turntable was 90’. In the distance is the large wooden coaling facility for the locomotives.

Raymond Storey posted two images with the comment: "DuBOIS PA."

1

2
Jackson-Township historical preservation posted

Interior view of one section of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Locomotive Works located in the City of DuBois, Clearfield County.

(Photo from https://www.facebook.com/BRandPfanpage)

Today, Buffalo & Pittsburgh operates the B&O and Pennsy routes in this town.

1944 Du Bois Quad @ 62,500

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
Apr 10, 1965 @ 27,000
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/scene/metadata/full/5e83d8e4870f4473/AR1VAYR20010011/

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
It looks like Eagle Railcar Services is now using the backshop building, including the transfer table.
https://goo.gl/maps/gRm2oDDAAa8Nb4J3A

Rumsey via Dennis DeBruler

The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad now owns the classification yard.

Bob Taylor, Jun 2023

Street View, Jul 2018

Paul Osciak posted three photos with the comment: "1894 Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg Dubois, PA station. Now houses a business."

1

2

3

Stan Carlson commented on Paul's post
A postcard view As it appeared in the early 20th Century.

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company updated
Dubois station with what appears to be an Atlantic type locomotive running light on the southbound mainline circa 1905.

Enfield, IL: Consolidated Grain & Barge (CGB) Grain Elevator and Lost/L&N Depot

Elevator: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite, based on the aerial photos below.)

Jim Pearson Photography posted
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of Consolidated Grain and Barge 9202, as they load grain cars at Enfield, Illinois on May 22nd, 2023. From what I can find online this is probably a GP8 locomotive, ex-CMGN, RCO, but don’t quote me on that. I’m not really a power guy, but more of a visual one. I’m always hesitant to say what the power in my photos because there’s so many variations of locomotives. If you have any inputs or thoughts, please feel free to add them to the comments!
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24mm @14mm, f/5, 1/250, ISO 200.

When I saw that a USGS map labeled the east/west rail as CSX, I dug deeper because I expected that line to now be the Evansville & Western Railroad (EVWR). I was right because that route was the L&N. And the spur for the grain elevator is a remnant of a B&O line.

1944 Enfield Quad @ 62,500

 I found their locomotive parked on the siding.  I also saw that the B&O remnant is now a small yard. As Jim indicated, CGB loads their own hoppers. But they don't have to fill a complete unit train. EVWR is willing to take cuts of hoppers from multiple grain elevators along their route and consolidate them into a unit train for delivery to CSX in Howell Yard in Evansville, IN.

Satellite

I confirmed that the B&O line is the abandoned route that used to go from the Ohio River to Springfield, IL.

DavidRumsey

Jeffrey Smythe posted two photos with the comment: "Enfield, Illinois. First picture is my Uncle Harold "Blackie" Smythe.    Circa 1949"

Jeffrey Smythe also posted with the same comment.

1

2

 

Andy Zukowski posted
B&O Railroad Depot in Enfield, Illinois during the 1920s
Richard Fiedler shared

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Note the white line along the tracks. That would have been the platform.

Ridgway, PA: 1905 Preserved B&O/BR&P and Pennsy Depots

B&O/BR&P: (Satellite)

Pennsy: (Satellite)

This town is now served by the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad.

B&O Depot

Street View, Nov 2015

 

Mark Hinsdale shared his post

Raymond Storey posted
RIDGWAY, PA
Vincent Workman Sr: 10 miles per hour through Ridgway.
Dennis DeBruler: Ridgway has also preserved the Pennsy depot.
https://goo.gl/maps/nUhve87TMyKNK5zu9

Dick Whitcomb posted two photos with the comment:

BR&P Depot (2013)

Built 1905— in Ridgway, PA.

1

2

.

Pennsy Depot

Street View, Aug 2018

Both

Robert Daly posted six photos with the comment: "Ridgway is another Pennsylvania town with two preserved stations. In 1905 the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh (later B&O and now Buffalo and Pittsburgh) built a large station. Passenger service ended in 1955. The building is currently being renovated to accommodate a woodworking shop.

The Pennsylvania Railroad completed an elegant station in the Palladian style in 1907. Passenger service ended in 1965. The station was abandoned for many years. Local individuals and businesses funded a complete restoration about ten years ago. Unfortunately they have not been able to find a permanent tenant. The tracks are also operated by the B&P."

1

2

3

4

5

6