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Satellite)
MSTL =
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad, later it was C&NW
Looking East along the IAIS/Rock Island route.
Looking South along the UP/C&NW/Minneapolis & St. Louis route.
The street side is pretty well hidden by the restaurant additions.
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Cerita Sakura posted
How was todays chase? Fantastic of the ferry move with my second favorite steam locomotive the Iowa Interstate 6988 leading a freight from Newton to South Amana. And for our shot today, i finally got the shot at the Grinell Depot ive wanted since i saw the shot. From the engineers side, 6988 approaches the diamond by the former Rock Island station.
[I presume this was a Union Station between Rock Island and C&NW.] |
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Craig Hensley Photography posted
A red searchlight protects the diamond junction as we look north along the UP Oskaloosa Sub that crosses the IAIS Third Sub through Grinnell, IA. In the background is the Grinnell Union Depot, which was built in 1893 by the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific. The depot saw passenger trains until 1970 when the last Chicago to Council Bluffs train ran on May 31st of that year. Grinnell, IA - September 2025 Keith Johns: Great photo of the Searchlight Signal with the Depot in the background. Doesn’t both UP and IAIS still use these lines? Craig Hensley Photography: Keith Johns correct, we’re looking at the UP line and the IAIS cross east to east at the depot. |
MJ Finn
posted five photos with the comment:
Grinnell, Iowa Depot
(Union Depot)
The Union Depot was built in 1893 to succeed a small wooden depot which had served the community for 30 years. This early depot had been built in 1863, when the first train went through Grinnell. The new depot served the two rail lines, the Minneapolis and St. Louis running north and south, and the Iowa Central running east and west. The round tower on the southeast corner of the red brick depot gave a clear view of both lines to operate the telegraph and the semaphore signals to direct traffic on each. Both lines handled a great deal of freight. The freight and baggage room of the original station were on the west side of the building and the waiting room and ticket office on the east. Express was handled by the Railway Express Co. in the small red brick building across Park Street to the West.
During the 1990’s the depot was renovated and turned into a restaurant called Depot Crossing. Removal of baggage and freight areas and the waiting room and ticket office created the large upstairs dining room at the Depot Crossing. The area under this room was excavated to create a private dining room and storage.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Roger Kujawa
posted eight photos with the comment: "Grinnell, Iowa was a crossing of the MSTL and the Rock Island. The Iowa interstate and Union Pacific now cross here. Unfortunately the restaurant closed. We were looking forward to dining here."
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Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted
With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI makes its way east over the Newton Subdivision and is about to pound the diamond with the Union Pacific Oskaloosa Subdivision. The train is passing by the 1863 built Union Depot in Grinnell, Iowa that once served this junction of the Rock Island and the Central Railroad of Iowa. ====Info==== 11/13/2021 IAIS Newton Subdivision Grinnell, IA IAIS CBBI (Manifest; Council Bluffs, IA to Blue Island, IL) IAIS 515 ES44AC Blt. 2014 IAIS 712 GP38-2 Ex. CR 7994, PC 7994 Blt. 1972 IAIS 705 GP38-2 Ex. LLPX 2309, EMDX 765, CR 7965, PC 7965 Blt. 1972 (DPU) IAIS 503 ES44AC Blt. 2008 PHSC Hobbies: How much traffic is there on the UP/IAIS at that diamond? Total trains during the day.... is it worth a railfan trip? Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography: One a day each way on each line, UP I believe is only weekdays. |
The depot is marked on this map.
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| 1979/80 Grinnell South Quad @ 24,000 |
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