Dale Forguson posted two photos with the comment: "Several Railroads passed by the Union Depot in Granite City. Does anyone know who actually operated the depot?"
Jim Ripley: I believe it was for Merchants Bridge Co. latter T.R.R.A.
Bill Edrington: I’m not sure, but the depot was located on the east side of the Wabash main line just north of Niedringhaus Avenue, which is seen in the first photo. To the best of my knowledge the Chicago & Alton (later GM&O) and Big Four (NYC) did not use it…they had their own joint depot which stood nearby, between their main tracks. GM&O trains still made stops at that depot right up until Amtrak. It may be that the Wabash used the so-called “union depot” at one time, along with suburban trains of the St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railroad (which became part of the TRRA). However, in more recent times the Wabash/N&W had its own stand-alone wooden depot.
Richard Fiedler shared
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It is now a private residence. And the clock tower has been removed.
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| Street View, Mar 2019 |
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| 1954/58 Granite City Quad @ 24,000 |
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