Wood River, IL: Wood River Tower: Illinois Terimal vs. GM&O vs. Big Four

(Satellite, the tracks and Ferguson Ave. have shifted since 1951.)

Richard Crabtree posted four images with the comment:

Here we see TRRA Terminal Railroad Association GM&O / IC / IT Interlocking Tower in Wood River. Kinstra Concrete is in the background.

Photo 1) RRA Terminal Railroad Association GM&O / IC / IT Interlocking Tower Wood River, Illinois Mid - 1970s

Unknown Photographer

Photo 2) March 1920 Sanborn Map ~ courtesy LOC

Photo 3) Illinois Terminal Switching Tower 1940s

Photo 4) Inside the Illinois Terminal Switching Tower 1974

Andy Brown: Would be IT not TRRA.

Bill Edrington: That’s right. If the photos were taken in 1974, the three railroads at Wood River Tower would have been the IT, ICG (former GM&O) and PC (former NYC/Big Four). The BN (former CB&Q) had trackage rights on the ICG and PC.

Cliff Kierstead shared

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1951/51 Wood River Quad @ 24,000

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP