I stopped blogging when I caught a cold. I have recovered from the cold and the subsequent bronchitis, but I discovered watching TV. So I'm going to continue to pause the blog while I watch TV, read magazines, do some exercising, etc.
Monday, January 6, 2025
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Freda, ND: Milwaukee Depot
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Shane Avey shared Maidie Iwen Grudem's post of two photos with the comment: "Freda, ND Train depot."
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The railroads made towns across the prairie. And they destroyed some of them. The depot must have been moved because it should have been built between the tracks and the road that goes diagonally along the tracks. It was probably the first building built in this town. It is certainly the last one "standing."
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| Aban RR Map |
Friday, January 3, 2025
Carona, KS: Museum/(Missouri Pacific + Northeast Oklahoma) Depot
Depot: (Satellite)
They have preserved the inside, as well as the outside, of the depot.
Museum: (Satellite)
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| Wandermore in Kansas posted Pamela Perry-Simoncic: This is actually in the old mining town called Carona, KS. Just west of Roseland, KS. Scott Colebank: Boston depot moved from Missouri. Art LH shared Colin Harding: According to my 1940 Official Guide, on both the MOPAC for pax service & Northeast Oklahoma but no pax service. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Colin's comment It appears the Northeast Oklahoma terminated here. 1945/45 Cherokee Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Colin's comment It was a MoPac depot in its original location. 1962/64 Lamar South Quad @ 24,000 Boston, MO, makes Carona look like a big town. |
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| Hannah Diffee, May 2023 |
They have preserved the inside, as well as the outside, of the depot.
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| Darrell Vaughn, Nov 2022 |
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| Street View, Apr 2023 |
As wee see in the center background of the street view, they have some rolling stock in addition to the locomotive and caboose.
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Chicago, IL Depot: 1888 GTW Eldson Depot and Office at 51st Street
(Satellite, southwest quadrant of 51st Street and the tracks.)
This building was next to the GTW Eldson Railyard.
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| Edward Kwiatkowski Flickr The 1888 built Grand Trunk Western Elsdon depot. Chicago Illinois USA. October 1983. This is the 1888 built two story victorian era Elsdon Depot. This was located on west 51st Street just east of south Lawndale avenue, in the city of Chicago Illinois USA. This scene looking west was photographed in October of 1983, during it's last week of operation. Sadly...this beautiful wooden depot was demolished the following month. Today it is a vacant lot slated for a new real estate development soon. |
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Dowagiac, MI: 1902 Amtrak/Michigan Central Depot
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Mary Bernard posted eight photos with the comment:
Dowagiac, MI Depot -- 8 PicturesPhotoed by Duane Hall in November 1979. The 8th photo is the Google 2012 street view.This is the third station built in Dowagiac by the Michigan Central and is now served by Amtrak's Chicago to Detroit trains the Wolverine and the Blue Water. A good description and history is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowagiac_station
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Waukegan, IL: Lafarge North America and National Gypsum
Lafarge: (Satellite)
Gypsum: (Satellite)
The dock was empty in all of the street views.
I think of Waukegan as having cute marinas on the lake shore. But it can handle freighters as well.
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| Bob Causey posted The Sam Laud unloading at Lafarge North American in Waukegan Illinois. |
Lafarge handles cement and cement is stored in silos, not a big pile out in the weather as in Bob's photo. So it is really unloading at National Gypsum. Fortunately, a freighter was unloading when the satellite went overhead.
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The dock was empty in all of the street views.
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Columbus, IN: Cummins
Factory: (Satellite)
Technical Center (CTC): (Satellite)
Corporate Office Building (COB): (Satellite)
<bailed out Navistar: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2018/01/buick-built-aircraft-engines-in.html
https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/08/history-of-internal-combustion-engine.html>
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| Indiana Historical Bureau posted #OTD [Feb 1] in 1919, Clessie L. Cummins filed for the creation of the Cummins Engine Company in Columbus. Cummins co-founded the company with business partner and banker William Irwin. They produced diesel engines which were widely used in heavy-duty trucks after the Second World War. Known for the quality and endurance of their engines, Cummins quickly became an industry leader. The company has produced five total IndyCars to race in the Indianapolis 500. As of 2022, the company is still headquartered in Bartholomew County, where they employ more than 70,000 employees. Learn more about Cummins here: https://www.cummins.com/.../04/04/history-diesel-engines. Pictured are Cummins test blocks, circa 1950, courtesy of B. L. Taylor Collection of the Indiana Album. David Hensley: Do they even make engines in Columbus anymore ? Ethan McKinney: David Hensley Yes, the Walesboro plant is still the main plant for the 6.7 for the Ram |
Fred Tarsac posted 11 images with the comment: "Cummins 1982."
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Seattle, WA: BNSF Overview and Pier 86 Grain Elevator
Yards: The links in the list below provides more information including satellite links.
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| Viral Media posted BNSF SEATTLE MAINLINE North of King Street station in Seattle is the 155 miles long BNSF Scenic Subdivision (Seattle-Everett-Wenatchee). South of the station is the BNSF’s 177-mile Seattle Subdivision, connecting Seattle with Portland, Oregon. Union Pacific also uses the line via trackage rights, making it the most heavily trafficked rail line in Washington State. Looking at the map top (to Everett) to Bottom (to Tacoma): • Terminal 86 Grain Facility [see below] [See Seattle Harbor Railyards for the following yards.] • BNSF SIG Yard Seattle Int. Gateway • Port of Seattle – Harbor Island The four container terminals cover over 500 acres • Union Pacific Argo Yard • BNSF Boeing Field Yard |
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| Viral Media posted Trains Transport Trash Over 300 Miles Pacific Northwest trash is transported by rail to two landfill locations in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington and Oregon. For over 30 years Union Pacific and BNSF hauled trash from Seattle to the landfills. Six trains a day or more use the BNSF Seattle Subdivision (Union Pacific has trackage rights) to move the trash. The Cascade Range receives over 100 inches of rain on the west side. East of the mountains along the Columbia River Gorge are the “dry side” receives little rainfall, where the regional landfills are located. The arid region is ideal for a landfill because the geology helps prevent runoff from entering aquifer. The BNSF trash trains assemble trains from nine different Pacific Northwest transfer stations and haul it to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill operated by Republic Services, 140 miles east of Vancouver, WA. On average the containers weigh around 48 tons, with 300 double -stack containers per train. The two daily trash trains originate in BNSF yards in Everett and Seattle. Seattle also sends trash to the Columbia Ridge landfill on Union Pacific Railroad. Washington Waste Systems transports and dispose waste for the city of Seattle. Up to 140 containers are loaded onto double-stack well car in Seattle UP Argo Yard for transport to the landfill. On alternate days three times a week, Union Pacific transports seventy-car trains Columbia Ridge on BNSF tracks, then at Portland uses the UP mainline to the Columbia Ridge landfill. One day a week a UP train runs from Blakeslee Junction, WA to the landfill. Sam Spink: H-EVEROO garbage load Everett delta yard to Roosevelt republic services, H-INBROO garbage load Seattle interbay yard to Roosevelt republic services, O-SEGL garbage load Seattle Argo yard to waste management Gilliam county Oregon (Arlington) Mark Meyer: Sam Spink And some garbage in the U-EVEROO comes all the way from Vancouver, BC. Bruce Moberg: The BNSF trains as well are only around 70 to 80 cars a day not 150 like the story says . sometimes they do run bigger trins like 105 cars. And I believe the UP runs their train daily now as well. [Unfortunately, the error rate for Viral Media is high.] Franklin Bullwheel: They used to have a garbage train that ran through central Oregon from the Bay area on BNSF track to the same area. Ken Kesterson: Why don’t they keep their trash on western Washington. Quit putting it in eastern Washington. Not our trash. Arlo Savage Arlo Savage: Ken Kestersonthe Roosevelt landfill is built on top of the natural geologic feature, which is a large valley composed mostly of limestone. The limestone base helps prevent any leech water from entering the groundwater system. The natural shape of the valley was conductive to a long-term (100+ years) landfill with minimal overhead cost on site development. Wayne Thompson: Ken Kesterson Your Politicians want it. Jobs, tipping fees, taxes that fund your Counties. They are fighting over who gets it. |
Pier 86 Grain Terminal
This is a good view showing the modern design of a minimally enclosed headhouse across the silos. The open air design reduces the risk of a grain dust explosion.
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| 1 of 36 photos via lahosken_36views |
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| 1 of several photos via lahosken_port86 |
"To some, the massive white grain terminal is an eyesore that blocks waterfront views from Elliott Bay to Queen Anne; to others it is a towering monument to trade in the Northwest: Last year [written 1999], more than 46 million bushels of grain from America's heartland flowed though its conveyors onto huge ships bound for places like Japan and China." The port built the facility for $14m in 1970. Cargill was still leasing it in 1999, but antitrust regulations caused Cargill to move out. [SeattleTimes]
In 2016, it was labelled the Lewis Dreyfus Grain Terminal. [UrbanSketchers]
"The terminal was completed in 1970 and is owned and operated by the Port of Seattle. Once the shipping vessels arrive, the grain can be loaded to them via twin 48” conveyor belts at a max rate of 3,000 tons per hour." [TotallySeattle]
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| PortSeattle [TotallySeattle above appears to be wrong. This indicates that Louis Dreyfus Corp operates the terminal. But I could not find this location on their map.] |
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| HistoryLink, Courtesy Port of Seattle "M.V. Liu Lin Hai loading grain at Terminal 86, Seattle, April 1979" The first freighter to be loaded arrived on Nov 10, 1970 and received 8,000 tons of grain. |
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Everett, WA: BNSF Delta Yard and Delta & PA Junctions
Yard: (Satellite)
Delta Junction: (Satellite)
PA Junction: (Satellite, "Connecting the BNSF Scenic Subdivision to BNSF Bellingham Subdivision. Bellingham Subdivision starts here." [BNSF] (I was unable to find subdivision information on this operations map.))
See tunnel and bridge for more information about this area.
It is worth noting that Milwaukee, NP and GN also shared the route to the east of Everett.
North is on the right side of these images.
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| Viral Media posted 1970 Delta Yard |
I accessed a topo map to determine if some tracks were removed to free up land for the warehouses that we see today on a satellite image. The Delta Yard is at the top and near the right of this excerpt. They did not remove a lot of tracks; instead, it is an industrial area that was repurposed. Delta Junction is at the Snohomish River Bridge. The PA Junction is at the bottom to the left of the "Sawmill" label. A connection has been added to the PA Junction.
The other reason I accessed a topo map was to determine if GN or NP built this yard. I'm guessing it was GN. I'm guessing because all of the references I found list just BN as the previous owner. Note that Milwaukee, GN and NP all shared the route south along the river.
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In fact, they added some tracks for what appears to be a small intermodal yard. I said "appears" because I could find cuts of deep-well cars and stored containers, but I could not find any equipment to lift containers. This facility must be just storage because Evertt is not listed as an Intermodal Facility. [BNSF]
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It is worth noting that Milwaukee, NP and GN also shared the route to the east of Everett.
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