This is one of those depots where the current one is better than the original one thanks to commuter traffic.
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
I wonder how many depots this town has had.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot in Cary, Illinois. 1914 Photo by C.R. Childs Richard Fiedler shared |
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| Jim Arvites posted View of the westbound Chicago & North Western Railway passenger train "Dakota 400" passing the C&NW depot at Cary, Illinois circa early 1950's. (Harvard Area Historical Society)] Dennis DeBruler shared |
The 1914 depot being in the same location as today's depot makes sense. Back then the Northwest Highway was skinnier so there was room for a house track. The photo is consistent with C&NW left-hand running, the business district building in the left background and this topo map. But the women looking to our left imply that the train was running right-handed that day.
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| 1923/1938 Barrington Quad @ 62,500 |
But this aerial photo shows a grain elevator on the north side of the tracks and a depot-like building with a house track on the south side of the tracks. So, I'm confused.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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