Thursday, December 7, 2023

Minonk, IL: Minonk #2 Coal Mine and IC Depot

Mine: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite, Casey's has repurposed the land.)

Andy Zukowski posted
Coal mine at Minonk, Illinois. 1907
Kristopher Isaac Barrington shared



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

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
1939 aerial. County Road 2200 N is along the bottom.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/marshall/flight17/0bxb02068.jpg

Ben Fehr commented on Kristopher's share
Just drove my kids by it the other day and showed them what remains of the jumbo there. That's an ICRR spur off the mainline.
 
Andy Zukowski posted
The Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Minonk, Illinois. 1978.
Steven Hooker shared

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Minonk, Illinois. 1983
Donald Muzzy: Now it's a Caseys

Larry Candilas commented on Andy's post
May 25 1983

Larry Candilas commented on his comment
Must have been near the end of the line just before abandonment. Here's downtown back in 1939 and the station may be one of the buildings I circled. Last passenger train was in 1939.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's comment
The 1939 aerial I found is different. But it agrees with Donald's comment about Casey's: it is the rectangle on the right side of your oval. At least some of those buildings on the west side of the tracks were grain elevators.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/marshall/flight17/0bxb02068.jpg

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Central Depot in Minonk, Illinois. 1971

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Minonk, Illinois. 1978
Richard Fiedler shared


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