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.

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.

Digitally Zoomed

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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