Ancona, IL: Lost/Santa Fe Depot

(Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Depot in Ancona, Illinois. C1910

While the Pekin Branch was abandoned in 1982 due to changing economic landscapes, the double-tracked mainline remains active today. The tracks, now owned by BNSF Railway, continue to serve as a vital freight corridor, carrying goods and commodities across the nation. The historical foundation laid by the AT&SF in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ensures that Ancona, though a quiet village today, retains its place as a functional and integral part of the nation's supply chain.

John Yoder: There's a big grain complex there now.

1927/27 Streator @ 62,500

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Bill Meier, Aug 2017

Satellite

Ellsworth, WI: Lost/C&NW Depot

(Satellite, my guess based on the aerial photo below.)

Trent Briggs posted four photos with the comment: "Ellsworth."

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This was at the end of a C&NW branch. I assume it was east of the main part of Ellsworth because Ellsworth was up on a hill.

1950/52 Maiden Rock Quad @ 62,500

1939 Aerial Photo via WIHAP

Tinley Park, IL: Metra/Rock Island Depot

(Satellite)

I think some of the suburban mayors got into a race of who could have the fanciest clock tower.

Street View, Aug 2024

I.e. Xam posted

Commuter Rail-Metra 

Tinley Park, 80th Ave

Cedarburg, WI: Moved/Milwaukee Depot and Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

Original Location: (Satellite)

Current Location: (Satellite)

Quilt Museum: (Satellite)

Street View, Sepo 2007

Laura Bruederle posted 16 photos with the comment:

Crossposted from "Wisconsin Railroad Depots" 

Found this cool site while scrolling, and boy do I have a depot story for you all....  The Milwaukee and Northern Railway, which became a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific system, built a railroad from Milwaukee Wi to Cedarburg Wi. The first train arrived in Cedarburg in November of 1870. The first terminal in Cedarburg was built in 1874. It became a storage building after a new station was built in 1907. Ozaukee County Historical Society acquired the 1907 building and had it moved to their Pioneer Village in the Town of Saukville in the late hours on a cold day in January 1983.  The building was refurbished, a section of track was laid in front of the depot, and a 1940 Ribside Milwaukee Road caboose was acquired to add authenticity to the site. (That just went thru a full overhaul also!) 

That was such a HUGE undertaking, considering where Pioneer Village is. Normally from Highland & Portland Rd in Cedarburg to Pioneer Village is about 20 min, 13 miles. But hauling a Train station on a flat bed is a whole different story, It has been all restored, and Home to a 1940's Milwaukee Road Caboose. Come & Check it out! Ozaukee County Pioneer Village - OCHS 4880 County Rd I, Saukville, WI 53080 [https://www.ochs.co.ozaukee.wi.us/](https://l.facebook.com/l.php...]-R&c[0]=AT3Mgf8_IWpgVmVt-SFCCIGeADT_W-kiwcOx_gsDpKJ-UF-GBnjvIezBeMUGmLYn8mqpom4Bu4IGVQqFeRHqYyO1725pDPfPkt7ikynTr_xZLI6hTjtaKGCR_O65KLIFNcASJMMr49wi-y4JynXOOArIOwTh5b9zr5zH5l13CfE)  https://www.ochs.co.ozaukee.wi.us/pioneer-village

We are having a event on Sat Sept 6th 2025, Planes, Trains, and Automobile Show. The Depot will be open along with the rest of the 24 houses for a self guided tour, along with LOTS of activities, full menu, beverages, and raffles, along with a silent Auction. 

Hope you can come on out and take a look at this totally refurbished Train Depot !

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Once again, the platform makes a white stripe between the building and the tracks. So it was on the west side of the mainline a little north of Portland Road.

WIHAP

This topo map accurately marks the location of the depot.

1959/60 Cedarburg Quad @ 24,000

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

Street View, Sep 2022

M Girkinger, Aug 2025

Lee Autore, Apr 2017

Taylor Beck, Mar 2022

wiquiltmuseum

Valley Junction, WI: C&NW and Milwuakee Union Station and Junction Tower

Depot: (Satellite, south of the crossing.)

Tower: (Satellite, north of the crossing.)

Jim Arvites posted

View of the old Union Station and Tower at Valley Junction, Wisconsin circa 1900. The Chicago &  North Western and the Milwaukee Road both maintained the depot. At the junction the C&NW mainline between Chicago and Minneapolis crossed the Milwaukee Road branch line from Tomah and Babcock. Today everything is gone except the C&NW line, now owned by the Union Pacific.

(Monroe County History Room & Museum

The oldest topo I could find shows that the Milwaukee was already abandoned.

1953/65 Eau Claire Quad @ 250,000

Fortunately, the aerial photos go back to the late 1930s. This aerial and the topo map indicate that the C&NW route was double tracked. So that means we are looking along the C&NW route in Jim's photo. Specifically we are looking southeast because the aerial shows the house in Jim's photo is south of the crossing.

WIHAP

Framingham, MA: 1885 Restaurant/Boston & Albany Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2018

Jim MacKey posted two photos with the comment:

Old Framingham, MA train station…

“Built: 1885

Architect: H. H. Richardson

Architectural style

Richardsonian Romanesque

NRHP reference No.

75000258[4]

Added to NRHP

January 17, 1975”

Info copied from Wikipedia

Mike Friedman: This one is still in use for Amtrak and MBTA commuter rail. You can see an MBTA train arriving in the distance. It's a lovely building. Originally built by the Boston and Albany (NYC).

Dan Krislov: https://www.framinghamstation.com

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Emporium, PA: Remodelled/Pennsy Depot, (JN) Tower and Roundhouse

Depot: (Satellite, we can see some of the foundation.)

Tower: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Robert Daly posted three photos with the comment: "PRR station at Emporium PA, Sept. 5, 1966. The former P&E line to Erie is on the left and the line to Buffalo to the right. While we were there PRR train 570, the southbound Baltimore Day Express, arrived and departed. Photos were taken from the steps of JN Tower."

Ed Johnson shared

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I.e. Xam commented on Ed's share
I don't think this photo I took in 2022 at Emporium is the depot. Some similarity not much.

Street View, Jul 2024

Dennis DeBruler commented on I.e.'s comment
 I agree. I think the depot was closer to the junction. In fact, this may be a remnant of the depot's foundation: https://maps.app.goo.gl/SAhyNG8BcRDU6dEg9. 1945 aerial photo. Note that there was a roundhouse on the north side of Allegany Ave. [AR1BM0000020024]

This map accurately marks the two buildings and the roundhouse.

1950/50 Emporium Quad @ 24,000