Crawford, NE: Lost/C&NW & CB&Q Depots and Wood Grain Elevator

C&NW Depot: (Satellite?)

CB&Q Depot: (Satellite, according to the topo map and aerial photo below.)

This town is on the CB&Q route to the Powder River Basin coal fields.

Jim Arvites posted
View of the old Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger and freight station at Crawford, Nebraska circa 1950. At Crawford the C&NW crossed the CB&Q.

Mike Bartels: By September 1968 had been replaced by a trailer depot. Part of the old depot moved to a new location in town in December 1968 and made into Pioneer Rock Shop. But it burned on Jan. 2, 1974. Crawford agency discontinued at end of business on Aug. 22, 1969.

The C&NW route is abandoned, but the CB&Q route goes to the Powder River Basin coal mines so BNSF still owns it.

1980/81 Crawford Quad @ 24,000

I can't decide which rectangle along the C&NW tracks was the depot, or if it still existed. I confirmed that a 1953 photo with a 68,799 resolution is too blurry to help locate the depot.

Oct 17, 1974 @ 24,000; AR1VDPZ00030163

An older view of this elevator is not available. It appears that they are tearing it down.

Street View, Oct 2024