Minonk, IL: Lost/IC Depots

Minonk: (Satellite, my guess based on Andy's photo and the aerial photo.)

Kankakee Junction south of town: (Satellite)

Minonk Depot

Andy Zukowski posted

Illinois Central Railroad Depot at Minonk, Illinois. 1912

Photo by C.U. Williams

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Digitally Zoomed

I would expect to see the depot's dormer in this 1939 photo. But we do see the platform along the east side of the tracks.

South of 4th Street between Chestnut and Oak Streets

Kankakee Junction Depot

This was the end of the southern branch of the Kankakee & SouthWest. This depot would be for people transfering between the IC Gruber Line and the branch to the east.

Richard Fiedler posted
Richard Fiedler shared

Larry Candilas commented on Richard's post
The picture is of the depot where the Pontiac District met the Charter line south of Minonk and was later called Minonk Jct.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's comment
The Kankakee & SouthWest was abandoned so long ago that it is hard to find traces of it on a satellite image. I used this topo map and the town of Flanagan to confirm that it went along the field boundaries at County Road 1950N.  1958/59 Flanagan Quad @ 62,500

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's comment
It looks like it was gone by 1939. Or is it that smudge in the northern point of the wye? In the photo, the depot seems to be on an angle, and it appears that there is a track behind the depot, so that would put it in the northern point.