Saturday, February 24, 2024

McHenry, IL: C&NW Depot and Train Wreck

(Satellite)

Larry Foht posted
C&NW Railroad
Depot & Wreck
McHenry Illinois
There lucky this wreck didn't take the Depot down.
Date April  1908 :
Larry Foht collection :

I included the crossing sign on the left because it showed me that there is street running here.
Street View, Aug 2019

The "street running" track is the old house track.
1963 McHenry Quad @ 24,000

Why do they keep that track? That siding is not long enough to get around the commuter trains that are parked here because it is at the end of a commuter train line.
Satellite

I dug deeper because just two trains is not enough to run a normal commuter schedule. That is when I determined that this is at the end of a branch off the UP-NW service. There must not be much freight on this branch if they are parking commuter trains on the mainline.
metra_map

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