Roanoke, IL: 1881-1940 Roanoke Coal Mine

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The Santa Fe tracks were just south of IL-116, and the tiple was between the tracks and the mine dump.

 

Andy Zukowski posted
Coal Mine and Jumbo, Roanoke, Illinois. 1916
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Jim Yasinski posted
Coal Mine at Roanoke, Illinois
History of Roanoke Mine
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/roaMine.html#history

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's post
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/roanoke.pdf

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's post
The intersection of Ann and Douglas Streets is in the upper-right corner of this 1939 aerial photo excerpt.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/woodford/flight6/0bxm02020.jpg

Woodford County Historical Society - Illinois posted
Here is the picture!

Deb Flynn: My Dad told me that this building fell into the mine. No one was hurt.

One Roanoke resident jumped in the mine and fell 500ft to his death

Richard Fiedler shared

Roanoke Coal Co, Roanoke IL.

Back in 2009, the mine dump wasn't completely covered by trees.

Street View, Jun 2009

The tree growth we see today on the dump is recent. I wonder how much of that erosion contained heavy metals.

Google Earth, May 2003

As recently as 2015, vegetation was not happy with the "soil" on that dump.

Google Earth, Apr 2015

And the east side never had any vegetation in any of the views.

Satellite

4 of 10 photos posted by Jan Smith with the comment: "Coal Miner dedication of the Roanoke mine. 4-10-24."

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Hellertown, PA: Reading Roundhouse

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The grain elevator in the background and the railroad are gone, but the roundhouse is still standing.

Street View, Aug 2011

Jack Norris posted
Hellertown, PA former Reading roundhouse, 2014. Used by public works.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jack's post
The roundhouse lasted longer than the railroad. The public works is using the former railyard for material storage.
 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5989037,-75.3431328,393m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

Polka Zara posted ten photos with the comment: "The reading railroad roundhouse in Hellertown Pa, next too i78. It sits upon a concrete plant now and former railyard. Used for storage but in incredibly rough shape and is more or less a shed now. Slightly smaller then it was at its peak. With the Bethlehem Greenway expanding thru the plant in the short term too connect too saycon rail trail, I hope it is preserved, unlike the coal tower that once sat with it."

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Huron, SD: RCP&E/C&NW Roundhouse and Grain Elevators

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Old Grain Elevator: (Satellite)

New Grain Elevator: (Satellite)

RCP&E = Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern

Street View, Dec 2021

Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
Obviously, the roundhouse turntable at Huron, South Dakota. The question is - Did they have to turn the passenger car (a diner?) around after each trip? Is that what the men are doing here?
Raymond Storey shared
Tom Edwards: Since there isn't any wye track on the C&NW in Huron, this the only way to turn a car. BTW - the RCP&E, current owners of the roundhouse, have requested funds to build a new engine maintenance facility in Huron. The current turntable and roundhouse aren't big enough for some of their locomotives. They also plan on building a wye track on the east end of the yard. Here's a link to some more info: https://www.kccrradio.com/.../rapid-city-pierre-and.../

 

John Ashby commented on the above post
Here's what the former CNW roundhouse & turntable looks like a 100+ plus years after it was built today.
10/25/2022

Mark S Smith commented on the above post

Across the tracks from the roundhouse, this town still has an old grain elevator.

Street View, Dec 2021

Obviously, the bins no longer hold grain.

Street View, Dec 2021

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Street View, Dec 2021

10 of 27 photos posted by Dave Salamon:

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St. Albans City, VT: NECR/Central Vermont Roundhouse

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NECR = New England Central Railroad

Jack Norris posted three photos with the comment: "The Central Vermont roundhouse and turntable, 1989."

Neo Haven: This is St. Albans, Vermont.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Neo's comment
I see that this the route is now operated by the New England Central Railroad and that they use the roundhouse.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8147214,-73.0873626,380m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

I found a gap in the trees that allows me to see a locomotive. It looks like the NECR is borrowing the locomotive from its Buffalo & Pittsburgh (BPRR) "sister" railroad.

Street View, Oct 2022

I wonder what the passenger cars on the right are used for.

Street View, Oct 2022

Tim Starr posted
Vermont didn't have very many large terminals and repair shops, but one was in St. Albans, built by the Vermont Central in the 1850s. The VC was chartered in 1843, and St. Albans became its official headquarters in 1855.

Terry B. Carlson commented on Tim's post
It would appear that by 1912, the East RH (the lower of the two) was in existence.