Hastings, NE: Amtrak/CB&Q Depot, Roundhouse and Lost Hastings Tower

Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Tower: (Satellite, a guess based on the aerial photo below.)

Both US-34 and US-6 went through this town. And the Lincoln Highway (US-30 is about 15 miles north of this town.

This town has a lot of grain elevators.

Street Side:

Street View, Aug 2019

Track Side:

Street View, May 2026

This view shows the walkway between the station and the platform.

Stephan Grütering, Sep 2018

Roundhouse

Part of the foundation are still visible.

Satellite

Hastings Tower

Gary Schroeder posted two photos with the comment:

Burlington Route Manual Interlocking Tower referred to as Hastings Tower in Hastings Nebraska. 

Looking from East to West South Main and North Main. 

The old South Main is now considered a siding . 

The Union Pacific Railroad run South to North from Marysville, Kansas to Gibbon, Nebraska where it connected to the North Platte and Omaha main track. 

Tower is gone and a  overpass was built East of Hastings over Burlington track.

[Note the signalling pipelines. In the comments, Gary implies that the date was 1976.]

a, cropped

b

Gary Schroeder commented on his post

Gary Schroeder commented on his post

Gary Schroeder commented on his post

Gary Schroeder commented on his post

Gary Schroeder commented on his post

I'm not confident in the location of the tower, so I included the stretch between Burlington and Pine Avenues. 

Apr 17, 1967; AR1SWBN00010146

The posted photos show that the tower was on the south side of the mainline. Of the various smudges in the aerial photo, the one west of Pine Ave. is just east of the signalling bridge as we see in the posted photos.

Digitally Zoomed

This map accurately marks the location of the depot and roundhouse.

1969/71 Hastings West Quad @ 24,000

In addition to being on the CB&Q Chicago-Denver mainline, it is on the branch between Aurora and Lester.

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