St Louis, MO: Wabash 1928 Depot, Delmar Railyard and St. Louis Ave. Tower

Depot: (Satellite)

Delmar Yard: (Satellite, Washington University has used the land for expansion.)

St Louis Ave. Tower: (Satellite, a guess based on some comments on Richard's share below.)

Church Steeples in William's photo below: (Satellite)

I.e. Xam posted
Located in St Louis, Delmar Station, built in 1928 by the Wabash, was about 5 miles from Union Station in downtown. My grandparents lived nearby and used this station regularly.  I remember seeing them off here on occasion.

Street View, Apr 2019

OldTrails

The Delmar Loop MetroLink stop is adjacent to the rear of the former Wabash Railroad Delmar Station, which once handled a substantial amount of that railroad's St. Louis passenger traffic.  Light rail runs underneath the old structure, as did the trains of long ago.

The visiting railfan wonders what must it have been like here, once upon a time.  Old schedules are at first more than a little confusing to one not familiar with the area's rail history.  Outbound Wabash trains for western destinations such as Omaha and Kansas City stopped here, but also so did trains heading to the east for places such as Chicago and Detroit.  Some further research shows that the line used Merchants Bridge, north of downtown, to cross the Mississippi, and trains from eastern destinations executed a fairly long U-shaped route to reach the stub-ended Union Station downtown.   

"Since the night trains to Chicago and Kansas City left about midnight, there were setout sleepers that Delmar patrons could board at a decent time (Unlike going north from Sacramento now), and at one time, there were two sleepers for Chicago from Delmar and only one from Union Station." [Deggesty comment on Trains]

nextstl
Washington University bought the building in 2016.

1954/59 Clayton Quad @ 24,000

The church steeples in the right background and some comments on Richard's share indicated this tower was down by the river.

William A. Shaffer posted

Wabash Tower

St. Louis, MO

(Photographer Unknown - Collection of William A. Shaffer)

Richard Fiedler shared
Tim Shanahan shared

St. Louis Avenue bends, and it is near the bottom of this excerpt. I noticed that the tracks a little east of Broadway are labeled "Wabash."

1954/58 Granite City Quad @ 24,000