IC: (Satellite)
Given the curved track and the Milwaukee overpass in the background of the photo, it was the white rectangle in the northwest quadrant of Walnut Street and the IC tracks.
This was the end of a branch that came down from Davis Junction. See Roxbury for more information about this Milwaukee branch that terminated in this town.
Milwaukee used NYC/II&I tracks to get across the Illinois River near DePue, IL.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot in Oglesby, Illinois. 1930’s Richard Fiedler shared |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Milwaukee Road Depot....Oglesby Illinois....1968 John Kass: Where at exactly did the old depot used to sit in oglesby? Mike Landers: Ford 8n tractor ! Ken Hejl: Mike Landers Tractor to pull the grass cutter. It was cut the first week of July and October every year. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on John's question Given Ken's clue: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vnEbDyAxTTFAzv6z6 I included the wye that was out in the cornfield. https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/lasalle/flight12/0bwy03083.jpg |
Milwaukee used NYC/II&I tracks to get across the Illinois River near DePue, IL.
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| 1947 La Salle Quad @ 62,500 |
Either the wye was gone by 1966, or the cartographer made a mistake.
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| 1966 La Salle Quad @ 24,000 |
Update to add IC Depot
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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central train at the Oglesby Depot in the 1930's. |
Given the curved track and the Milwaukee overpass in the background of the photo, it was the white rectangle in the northwest quadrant of Walnut Street and the IC tracks.
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| Same photo as above, but cropped differently |
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