This town was on the IC Dodgeville Branch, which was abandoned in 1942.
Trains for both the Dodgeville and Madison branches would have gone through Scioto Mills as well as Red Oak.
The road on the west side of town has changed. Today's Old Mill Road is on the former IC right-of-way. I'm guessing the depot was the rectangle on the west side of the tracks just below the alley between Olive and Grove Streets.
I had a hard time finding a map that was old enough and detailed enough to show these two branches into Wisconsin. Unfortunately, the one I found has poor resolution.
The branch to Madison lasted until at least 1971.
Tim Julhall posted three photos with the comment:
ICRR depot in McConnell, IL. The depot was completed in 1887-88 and was continuously used until the line was abandoned in 1942 and torn up by the government.The line was originally organized as the Freeport, Dodgeville and Northern Railroad (FD&N), but the land was acquired by the IC and became known as The Dodgeville branch when it was completed. It started at a junction in Red Oak, IL and followed the Pecatonica River north to McConnell and Winslow in Illinois, then north through several small communities in Wisconsin until ending in Dodgeville.
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| 1 McConnell depot around 1888. |
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| 2 McConnell Depot and grain elevator and lumber yard seen behind it. [It appears that this photo was taken after the tracks were removed. It is not unusual for a town's railroad and depot to disappear. But in Illinois, it is unusual for the grain elevator to disappear. In fact, most of the time the elevator is bigger and more modern.] |
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| The section crew on the Dodgeville line outside the McConnell depot upon its completion in 1888. The station agent is standing in the doorway. |
Trains for both the Dodgeville and Madison branches would have gone through Scioto Mills as well as Red Oak.
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| 1939 Freeport Quad @ 62,500 |
The road on the west side of town has changed. Today's Old Mill Road is on the former IC right-of-way. I'm guessing the depot was the rectangle on the west side of the tracks just below the alley between Olive and Grove Streets.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
I had a hard time finding a map that was old enough and detailed enough to show these two branches into Wisconsin. Unfortunately, the one I found has poor resolution.
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| Bill Molony posted a 1921 map via Dennis DeBruler |
The branch to Madison lasted until at least 1971.
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| Kirk Reynolds uploaded a 1971 map to a private group (Illinois Central Railroad Heritage Association) via Dennis DeBruler |
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