Waynesboro, GA: Vogtle Nuclear Energy Plant

(Satellite)

I normally avoid nuclear power plants because it is so depressing that American could never get their act together for the CO2-free baseline power alternative. But I want to capture the control panel photos below.

scdhec, p2
"Georgia Power began planning Plant Vogtle in 1971. Unit 1 began commercial operation in 1987, and Unit 2 began commercial operation in 1989."
This 2010 brochure claims the plant has a computerized control room. So it must have been upgraded from the original shown below.
"Pressurized water reactors, such as the two at Plant Vogtle, use three separate water systems. To begin, water is pumped under high pressure through the reactor core where the nuclear chain reaction heats the water to a temperature of about 620 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the water in the reactor is kept under high pressure, it does not boil into steam. This hot water travels from the reactor to the four steam generators – all located inside the protective containment structure – before it is pumped back into the reactor."

Bob Ciminel posted four photos with the comment: "In the early Eighties, I worked on the design of the Vogtle Unit 1 control room at the Bechtel facility in Los Angeles.  All of the controls could be repositioned and we were pointing out where various controls were located versus where the indications for the system were located.  I am on the right and had a lot more hair then."

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post

It was hard finding info on this plant because the Google search results are dominated by the cost overruns for Units 3 & 4 exceeding $30 billion.

https://scdhec.gov/.../Docs/Vogtle%20Brochure%202010.pdf

It doesn't sound like Westinghouse AP1000 Generation III+ reactors are the solution to nuclear power. The fact that it should create 800 permanent jobs is part of the problem. Why does it take hundreds of people to run a nuclear power plant? I have noticed that ComEd's nuclear plants are around 400 jobs whereas a coal fired plant can be run with 60. And just 30 if converted to gas.

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scdhec, p9

Oquawka, IL: Lost/CB&Q Depot, Flood Photos and CGB Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, my guess based on the aerial photo. Evidently, Marina Dr. and Front St. were built on the CB&Q RoW.)

CGB: (Satellite)

Trent Briggs posted four photos with the comment: "Oquawka, Illinois."

Richard Fiedler shared

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1940/40 Oquawka Quad @ 62,500

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The town now has a levee along the river. I think the depot would have been in this view.

Street View, May 2023

This town was on a branch (twig) between the mainline to Denver and the "Joy Branch."

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Ashley, MI: Ann Arbor and GTW Join Depot

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Charles Geletzke Jr. posted
Here is the Ann Arbor's joint with the GTW depot in Ashley, Michigan as photographed on April 30, 1972. (C. H. Geletzke, Jr. photo)

Dennis DeBruler commented on Charles' post [AR1VDI000050163]
Having street signs in the photo does make it easier to locate: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XYcQLLdJ2XHk8M4h8. I confirmed the location with this 1954 aerial photo. The AA tracks are in the foreground, and the GTW tracks are behind the depot.

Street View, Aug 2014

The 2005 SPV Map indicates that both of these routes are now operated by the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway. (TSBY).

143/43 Elsie Quad @ 62,500

Yarmouth, ME: Bank/Grand Trunk Depot and The Bickford Collection (Truck Museum)

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I.e. Xam posted
Yarmouth ME Grand Trunk RR-1906. Very nicely restored. Currently a bank.

Across the tracks from the depot was a collection of old vehicles.

Street View, May 2019

It was The Bickford Collection.

Street View, May 2019

In addition to some old trucks, it had some construction equipment.

Street View, May 2019

Unfortunately, I had to use the past tense in the above statements because it is now a farmers' market.

Street View, Jul 2020

Fortunately, it appears the collection has found a new home that houses the collection in a building. [AutomotiveMuseumGuide]

Street View, May 2019

Unfortunately, I could not find any photos of the construction equipment.

joshua martinez, Aug 2020

This is a tour of the collection that was across the tracks from the depot. If you are getting seasick watching a video of the ground as he walks, don't quit, skip to 2:00 where the video has a series of stills.

2:25 video

Hurley, WI: C&NW and SOO Depots

C&NW: (Satellite, there used to be more of a bend in Granite Street to make room for the depot.)

SOO: (Satellite)

And both railroads are now abandoned.

Iron County Wisconsin Historical Society Museum posted
The old Hurley Train Depot, long gone. Who remembers picking up someone there, back in the days when it was easier and faster to travel by rail?

Trish Osier: Where was this located in Hurley?

Iron County Wisconsin Historical Society Museum: On the corner of Silver Street and 5th Avenue, where the start of the Iron Horse Trail is now.

Andrew Roth shared

Both the Hurley, WI C&NW and Soo Line depots are in this photo. The Soo Line depot is behind the freight cars.

Tim Schneider: when was the last cnw train in hurley?

Rich Peters: Tim Schneider passenger train was 1971. Freight train I believe was 1982. I would have to reflect back on my notes.

1955/77 Ironwood Quad @ 24,000

1938 Aerial Photo

Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Trunk Depot

(Satellite, the post office reused the depot's land.)

Gordon 'Tim' Curtis posted

Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Grand Trunk Depot,  Postmarked 1907

Jim Starkey: This is where the downtown post office is today.

Jim Kelling shared

Grand Rapids, Michigan (Grand Trunk Western)

This map confirms that the purpose of the dam was to divert water into a headrace.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's share
The GTW had to use a spur along the river to access the station. 1914/14 Grand Rapids Quad @ 62,500

Monmouth, IL: CB&Q & M&StL Depots and 1926 Midwestern/Wells Pet Foods

CB&Q: (Satellite, just east of the north/south branch that used to cross the mainline here.)

M&StL: (Satellite, halfway between Main and 1st Streets and north of the mainline.)

Feed Mill: (Satellite, this is the new plant. I think the old plant was just north of the M&StL Depot.)

M&StL = Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Trent Briggs posted three photos with the comment: "Monmouth, Illinois."

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Originally, I looked near the center of the CB&Q tracks. But I could not find the depot.

1957 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

And then I noticed the track in the third photo that is crossing the CB&Q tracks. So I got a topo map to identify that railroad. It turns out it was a CB&Q north/south branch. The "and St Louis" railroad was the Minneapolis & St. Louis.

1923/23 Monmouth Quad @ 62,500

So I looked on the west side of town, and the depot, and its platform, was obvious. It is near the center of this view.

1957 Aerial Photo from ILHAP, zoomed

I zoomed in on the topo map to confirm that the north/south branch used to cross, as well as connect to, the mainline.

1923/23 Monmouth Quad @ 62,500, zoomed

The north/south branch was rather redundant.

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Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Depot

Larry Candilas commented on a post (source)
Here's the M&StL in 1968.

Seventh Avenue reused the right-of-way of the MaStL.

1963 Aerial photo from ILHAP

We can see the house track and feed mill behind the depot that we see in Laryy's photo.

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Midwestern/Wells/Nunn-Better Pet Foods

While looking for the M&StL depot, I found this feed mill. It looks like the feed mill is continuing to grow.

Street View, Aug 2013

This plant exists in the above 1963 aerial, but it did not exist in the 1957 aerial.

1957 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

I suspect that they moved from behind the M&StL depot to the almost empty city blocks east of D Street.

MedwesternPetFoods
At Midwestern Pet Foods, we’ve been feeding pets for generations. We’re a family-owned business now in our fourth generation. Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about family, pet companions and making high-quality pet food & treats. We still have those same Midwestern values that Grandpa Nunn had back in 1926!

Their web site shows five different brands.

The plant is not rail served even though it is right next to BNSF, but it does use a lot of trucks.

Street View, Aug 2019

Some with cute logos.

Illiya Ivanov, Dec 2021

Portsmouth, OH: B&O Depot and Freight House

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight: (Satellite)

Jim Detty posted
Very rare undated photo (the only one I've ever seen after 30+ years collecting this stuff) from the Bill Glockner Collection, showing both the B&O Portsmouth passenger station and freight station in the same picture. View is looking south along Market Street at 5th Street. The parking lots for Ohio Valley Wholesale and an apartment building occupy these spots today.

Vic Noel: https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s11DLZl7J...

Neal Reynolds shared

Here's some very rare and interesting B&O history from Portsmouth. This line ran up 10th Street and I believe it ran next to the N&W main then went through Sciotoville and up State Route 140 through South Webster and then to Oak Hill, Jackson, and beyond. What a great picture to find!

The B&O came in from the east and went with N&W through the gap between a mountain and the Ohio River just west of Scioioville.

1913/24 Sciotoville and 1930/30 Greenup Quads @ 62,500

The B&O went past the NS/N&W Railyard and then did street running on 10th Street. (The periodic cross lines along 10th Street indicates street running.) N&W turned North at Waller Street, but the B&O continued West. Unfortunately, there isn't a hi-res topo map for the quadrant that has the B&O buildings.

1913/24 Sciotoville Quad @ 62,500

So I got an aerial photo. We can see where the B&O curved southwest just before Court Street. It continued on a diagonal until it got to Market Street where it curved South. The freight house filled the entire block between 3rd and 4th Streets and the depot was just north of 4th Street.

Apr 23, 1947 @ 24,000; AR1DE0000050170

The patch in Court Street marked by the red pin is probably where the B&O used to cross it.

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