Wednesday, July 31, 2024

West Des Moines, IA: Rock Island Roundhouses and Depot

Roundhouse: (Satellite, their land is now part of an industrial area.)

Rock Island had a larger yard east of Des Moines.

Tim Starr posted
Dual roundhouses of the Rock Island at Valley Junction, West Des Moines IA in 1929. (George Niles Collection)

1907/07 Des Moines Quad @ 62,500

1956/59 Des Moines Quad @ 62,500

Seth Wetzel updated
John Matrow: Still there but set back and repainted.

Dennis DeBruler commented on John's comment
Is this the building you had in mind? https://maps.app.goo.gl/JcRkybRzpAF6pxfq9 It doesn't look like the RI depot. Perhaps it was the Minneapolis & St. Louis depot.

Was the RI depot the rectangle that is a little east of 3rd Street? And the RI passengers had to cross the M&StL tracks to get to their train?
1956/58 Des Moines SW Quad @ 24,000

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