New England, ND: Old Grain Elevator Row

(Satellite)

Wesley Peters posted

Elevator Row, New England, ND, c. 1914.

At the time there were seven grain elevators in the city.

Identification- Right to Left.

Western Grian Co.- Headhouse built before 1912. An annex was built sometime before the 1930's on the NW side of the headhouse. Extant.

Columbia Elevator Co.- Built before 1912. Replaced with a new headhouse by the 1930's built by T. E. Ibberson Co. The second headhouse has a later built annex on the NW side.

E. J. Freeman Elevator- Built before 1912. Demolished/destroyed.

New England Equity Exchange- Built in 1912. Had a headhouse built on the east side of the original house by the 1930's. Demolished sometime after 2008.

Unidentified Elevator- Mansard roof. Early history unknown. Demolished/destroyed.

Unidentified Elevator- Early history unknown. Demolished destroyed before the 1930's.

Regent Grain Co.- Built in 1913. Demolished/destroyed.

Today just the former Western Grain Co. elevator is still standing from this photograph. The first Columbia Elevator Co. house was either destroyed or dismantled and replaced with a new elevated headhouse by the 1930's. The second elevator for that company is still standing today.

Photo courtesy of Worthpoint.

Randy Ahrens shared

All but two of the seven old elevators have been replaced.

Street View, Sep 2021

I included the tank as a reminder that supplying fertilizer, as well as storing grain, is important for the economy of a rural town.

Street View, Sep 2021

Five of the old elevators are gone because the facilities have been upgraded.

Street View, Sep 2021

It looks like they supply "cides" (herbicide, pesticide and insecticide) and feed supplements as well as dry, liquid and gaseous fertilizer.

Street View, Sep 2021

I wonder if this town was always at the end of a Milwaukee branch.

1953 Dickinson Quad @ 250,000

Homestead, MT: Old Grain Elevator Row

(Satellite)

Jan Normandale posted

Homestead MT: 2013 08

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Wesley Peters: The furthest house is a former Victoria brand elevator that likely dates from the 1960's. It replaced an earlier structure that was standing in 1939. the two elevators in the foreground were both standing in 1939.

Talk about being in the boondocks, no street view driver has been to this town. At least the northern elevator is being used because of the spilled grain. This railroad route used to be the Great Northern. According to a USGS map, it is now Yellowstone Valley.

Satellite

Chapin, IL: Wabash + CB&Q Union Depot and Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, the land is now occupied by the fire department building.)

Grain Elevator: (Satellite)

Wabash is the east/west route, and CB&Q was the north/south route.

Andy Zukowski posted
Union Depot Chapin, Illinois. 1908
Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
Since the CB&Q crossed the Wabash at an angle, the depot was a rectangle that was equidistant from each route. 1941 aerial photo

Larry Candilas commented on Richard's share
1950s - from the internet

In 1902, this was the only CB&Q route that went south in Illinois. In 1917, CB&Q completed their route that went to the bridge at Metropolis that they built with the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad. This St. Louis route has since been abandoned.
 https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/knx_rail/id/298

1948 Quincy Quad @ 250,000

Hopedale, IL: Lost/Chicago & Alton Depot, Two Wood Grain Elevators and a Caboose

(Satellite)

This C&A route was abandoned by the ICG.

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago and Alton Depot, Hopedale, Illinois. C1910 photo from the James Woodruff collection.

Mark Stoeckel: Located on the “Jack Line”

Bill Edrington: It was the Chicago & Alton depot in 1910.

Harlan Hannah: Does anyone know where the depot was located?

Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBrule answered Harlan's question
Given that the grain elevators were on the south side of the tracks, it would have been a half-block northeast of Main Street, https://maps.app.goo.gl/HqerJGUh89MgYGWT9

Bob Kalal commented on Andy's post
Hopedale has TPW Caboose 501
[No street view driver went downtown nor along the former tracks.]

Bob Kalal commented on Andy's post
also southwest of town this great looking Chicago and Alton, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, IC bridge

John Woodrow commented on Bob's comment
The same bridge is called Oredorff or townhall road bridge built 1889 (Edward Wayne Bridges Photo)

This treeline is the old right-of-way of the C&A. The bridge is on the right side of this treeline.

Satellite

That little creek created a noticeable canyon.

1951 Miner Quad @ 62,500

That route came up through Mason City and terminated in Bloomington, IL.

1963 Peoria Quad @ 250,000

Toledo, OH: Pennsy Railyards, Coal Tower and Baldwin Sharks

Railyard: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, nature has done a good job of taking the land bank. It was about halfway between Andrus and Wales Roads)

Technically, this yard is not in Toledo, but it is close.

Bill Kalkman posted
H.  G. Goerke photo, Rodney Peterson collection. Pennsylvania Railroad  Baldwin "Sharknose" RF-16 (PRR class BF-16) 2012, along with a B-unit  duo, is posing for its roster pic in Toledo, OH on 3-18-62.

Duane Karam commented on Bill's post
I live just down the road from here and you would never know there was a yard there, it is all grown over with large trees today. The sand tower was still there about 10-15 years ago but is now gone. The only thing remaining today that lets anyone know it was the PRR at one time is the overpass on the east end over Broadway! The red dot is approximately where the photographer was standing to take this picture of the Baldwins.

Duane Karam commented on his comment

Dennis DeBruler: Duane Karam https://maps.app.goo.gl/eYjRmek4yvy1y6xJ8

1950 Rockford Quad @ 24,000

May 1, 1963 @ 24,000; AR1VARA00010082

Hastings, MN: CP Yard Office/Milwaukee Depot

(Satellite, 29 photos)

Street View, May 2023

Street View, May 2023

The town is worthy of a stop for the holiday train.

william braun, Dec 2022, cropped

The building on the left of this photo is what motivated me to look for the depot in this town. The bridge in the background is a lift bridge over the Mississippi River.

Steven J. Brown posted

Austin Seely: Man, that has to be the largest crowd ever to come out to see a Siemens Chugger

Ok, maybe they were waiting for the 2816…

Anthony Angelici: Austin Seely 2816

Michael Parker: Mean train 28

Steven J. Brown: The last 4 cars are #28, it runs as #8.

Steven J. Brown shared

This is what the railfans were waiting for as caught in Watertown, WI.

0:54 video
The sight and sounds of a steam engine at speed just cannot be beat.  Here is the CP2816 zipping eastbound at Watertown wisconsin.  [Empress, a 4-6-4]

Bellville, OH: Pre-Civil War Feed Mill

(Satellite, 22 photos)

Street View, May 2023

Ken Draper posted
Bellville, Ohio 5/7/2024. Predates the Civil War. Still in operation.
[Complete with a feed truck.]

Photo, Nov 2019

James Wise, Dec 2016

Logan, WV: CSX/C&O Peach Creek Yard and Roundhouse

Railyard: (Satellite, it still has its long tracks)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Tim Starr posted
Chesapeake & Ohio "Peach Creek" roundhouse under construction in Logan WV, 1914. (Marshall Univ. archives)

Terry B. Carlson: I went through the 10 page Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Logan, WV, 1918. I couldn't find any roundhouse.

Dennis DeBrule commented on Terry's comment
The turntable still exists:
 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8742713,-81.9866807,373m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
Terry B. Carlson: Found it. This is a history site from the area:

https://loganwv.us/peach-creek-wv/ [This webpage has some photos of the railyard including a closeup of a coaling tower.]

1963 Henlawson and Logan Quads @ 24,000

Bone Gap, IL: Aban/IC/Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Depot and Wood Grain Eelvator

Depot: (Satellite)

Elevator: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2021

The wood grain elevator has a rather unique design.

Street View, Sep 2023

Locomotive Jordan posted three photos with the comment: "June 2005, I went down to southern Illinois on vacation with a friend. We came through the small town of Bone Gap, IL. This was on the former Illinois Central and may have been part of the original Peoria, Decatur, and Evansville Rwy."

Candice Marie Lynn shared

Robert Gibson Jr.: It was part of the PD&E.

Richard Fiedler shared

Roger Meridith: I heard an interesting story from an old timer in Bone Gap. He claimed that when the railroad was first built, it missed the town by 3 miles. This was back in the day almost all goods were delivered by rail. The town moved the 3 miles to be on the railroad.

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The P&DE was one of the first abandoned IC routes I learned about because they had the bridge that fell into the Wabash river.

Roger Kujawa posted via Dennis DeBruler

Athens, AL: L&N Freight House, Junction Tower: L&N vs. L&N, Depot and Map

Freight House: (Satellite)

Tower: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Street View, Jan 2019

 

Dale Proctor posted
L&N freight building, Athens Ala., 1992

Linda Dan Killinger posted three photos with the comment: "Continuing posts by John Whisenant, Joe Green, Ray Cole and others on Athens, AL, here are some photos of the interlocking tower and a passing train, all taken 04/22/1990. [Daniel Killinger]"

Blake Wilder: Where in Athens was this located?

Linda Dan Killinger: Blake Wilder, where the two lines joined north of town, near the end of 5th Avenue I think. [Daniel Killinger]

Linda Dan Killinger: Blake Wilder, the L&N freight station at Pryor Street still stands I think. I'll post a picture of it. [Dan K.]

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Dale Proctor posted
Tower at the northern end of Athens Alabama, where the two lines from Nashville, Tennessee converged, 11/27/83.

James Fransen: You mentioned 2 lines, where were the two lines located and what towns did they go through.

David Kinser: James Fransen the original main went north from Athens AL to Columbia TN then on to Brentwood TN in the 1920s they built the so called cut off that ran from Athens through Lewisburg TN then connected with original main at Brentwood just south of Nashville from then on most freight and all passenger trains except some locals ran the new line eventually the old main from Pulaski TN to Athens was abandoned then the remaining portion from Columbia TN to Pulaski was formed into TN Southern plus the branch from Columbia to Florence AL

Dale Proctor responded James question

Mike Broadway: The western line has been abandoned and converted into a walking trail

Jamie Elliott posted two photos with the comment: "Athens Junction: The Original mainline to the left ran through Elkmont, Pulaski, TN, Lynnville TN to Brentwood. The line that's now the mainline to the right was constructed later and runs through Ardmore, Lewisburg and Chapel Hill enroute to Brentwood and on into the railyard."

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Tacy Brooks posted
Jamie Elliott shared
Athens L&N Depot

Dale Proctor posted
L&N passenger station, Athens Ala., April 1988.

No comment mentioned that the depot is extant. Imagine my surprise when I found it nicely preserved.

Street View, Nov 2022

Craig Myers posted
100th anniversary of L&N, nice map of facilities and more.

The highest resolution aerial photo I could find was 60,000 [AR6191002500067], and it did not help me find the depot. And none of the topo maps were helpful except for this one. This also helped me accurately determine the location of the junction tower.

1935 Athens Quad @ 24,000