Elevator: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite, based on the aerial photo below and a foundation remnant.)
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| Second Section Productions posted "Transformers" A westbound BNSF stack train blasts through Lee, Illinois while contractors prepare to unload the last of three massive Siemens transformers. Special delivered on heavy-duty depressed center flat cars, these were destined for the new Facebook data center in Dekalb, Illinois. ~5/17/21. Facebook: @secondsectionproductions Instagram: @secondsectionproductions Cody Suddeth shared Somewhat rare occasion seeing the Lee elevator track being used. |
I've noticed that Class I railroads maintain obsolete sidings to grain elevators so that they have somewhere to park Maintenance of Way (MoW) equipment overnight. This photo provides another reason for maintaining a short siding --- transloading cargo.
No street view driver got closer to the elevator and there is no label for it on Google Maps.
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| Street View, Nov 2021 |
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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