Palmyra, PA: Preserved/Reading Depot and 1875 Four Mill

Depot: (Satellite)

Mill: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2023

John Cowgill: DC Railroad Examiner posted
Old  Train  Station,  Palmyra,  Pennsylvania.

I'm surprised that there is a black rectangle south of the tracks but not north of the tracks since the depot is north of the tracks.

1947/47 Palmyra Quad @ 24,000

When I saw the pneumatic semi-trailer in the street view at the top of these notes, I confirmed that the grain elevator was a flour mill.

"As one of the oldest continuously operated flour mills in North America, the Snavely’s Mill brand is synonymous with quality. We produce and self-distribute more than 20 varieties of high quality, fair-priced bulk and bagged flours, whole wheat, white whole wheat, rye, organic and specialty flour products from four facilities in Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania." [SnavelysMill]

Street View, Oct 2023

Street View, Oct 2019

Their founding location and headquarters is in Lititz, PA by Hammer Creek.

3:00 video on their website

Clio, MI: Museum/Pere Marquette Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2024

Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum posted two photos with the comment:

Today’s featured depot is the Pere Marquette station in Clio.

In 1861, the railroad constructed a line through Clio to Flint. In 1873, the depot was built, and Clio became a village. If it weren’t for the railroad, Clio likely wouldn’t even exist today - it can be argued the Pere Marquette Railroad was one of the most important factors in the development of its identity as a town. 

The depot was used by the railroad until 1960. It was then used as a laundromat for a few years. In 1977 the depot was purchased by the Clio Area Historical Association and was renovated in the 80s to become a museum. On June 20, 1983, the Clio depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The depot is still a museum, known as the Clio Depot & Museum. The Clio Area Historical Association still manages the depot and its operations. 

Sources:

“Clio Depot.” The Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=138086. Accessed 14 August 2024. 

Unknown Author. “About Clio’s Historical People & Places.” Clio Depot & Museum. http://cliodepot.com/about.html. Accessed 13 August 2024. 

Photo 1: http://cliodepot.com/gallery.html 

Photo 2: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=120895860699946&set=a.120895850699947

Dave Garland shared

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Kelso, CA: and Kelso, WA: UP Depots

CA: (Satellite)

WA: (Satellite)

Kelso in California, a ghost town

Mark Mcgowan posted three photos with the comment: "Union Pacific's Kelso Depot as it appeared in 1997. It was transferred to the National Park Service about this time. Its restoration was completed in 2005 and it now serves as a museum and headquarters for the Mojave National Preserve."

Jim Kelling: Great place to visit.

Mark Mcgowan: Jim Kelling it's been closed nearly two years [as of Nov 2024] for an HVAC issue. Crazy!

Jim Kelling shared

Kelso California (Union Pacific Overland Route)

Bob Klempner: I spent lots of time in there and ate lots of good meals there when I lived in Kelso working for UP. By the way not the UP Overland Route, but the Salt Lake Route.

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Kelso in Washington, an Amtrak station

I didn't notice Jim's comment about "California," and Google Maps offered a Kelso in Washington instead of California because the one in California is a ghost town. This town not only has its depot, Amtrak is still using it as a train station.

"The 1912 Northern Pacific Railroad depot was renovated in the 1990s as a multimodal transportation center." [Amtrak]

I wonder when they added the clock tower. This side of the building would have been the freight handling part of the depot.

Street View, Jul 2024

And this passenger waiting part is still...

Street View, Jul 2024

...a passenger waiting part.

Farmer Having Fun, Aug 2020

Trackside:

Adena Grigsby, Oct 2022

Did GN and UP share the depot since they evidently shared the tracks through town and since this is the only station marked on this map?

1953/55 Kelso Quad @ 24,000

Keyesport, IL: Lost/CB&Q Depot

(Satellite, the gas station repurposed the depot's land.)

Andy Zukowski posted
Railroad Depot in Keyesport, Illinois. 1912

Bill Edrington: This is the CB&Q line from Concord to Paducah, looking south toward Shattuc and Centralia many years before the Okaw (Kaskaskia) River was dammed to create Carlyle Lake. The main line was relocated in the 1960s due to formation of the new lake, but a stub-end portion of the old line into the center of Keyesport was retained for some years to serve the local elevator. The old depot stood on that segment of track until it was finally torn down. I remember it.

Richard Fiedler shared

Richard Fiedler: Burlington but was the former Jacksonville Southeastern.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
This topo map shows the original route that Bill described. It also shows the river that required the bridge that we see in the photo. 1948/48 Carlyle Quad @ 62,500

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
This 1938 aerial shows that the gas station, https://maps.app.goo.gl/GjDA7RiLZi1HoBU4A, has repurposed the depot's land. And that the grain elevator has expanded onto former railroad property.

The grain elevator has expanded a few times since its wood elevator in the 1938 aerial.

Satellite

Sunbury, PA: (SF) Junction Tower: Reading vs. Pennsy

(Satellite, today's tracks going East were the Reading tracks. They used to continue West on the north side of River Avenue to a bridge that crossed the Susquehanna River.)

Darren Reynolds posted three images with the comment: "'SF' tower. ,Sunbury, Pennsylvania."

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Darren's post
Today, the track going East just north of Penn Street was the Reading. The Pennsy tracks to the East have been abandoned. I see that the Sunbury Rail Trail is using at least part of the old Pennsy route, https://maps.app.goo.gl/TWJXKAgQZEYV2HuX9.
1953/56 Sunbury Quad @ 62,500

I think some of these scars in the road and shoulder are from the Reading rails.

Street View, Sep 2019

Milton, PA: Milton (MU) Tower: Reading vs. Pennsy

(Satellite, according to the track diagram, it was in the northwest quadrant.)

According to the topo map below, the route that is close to being north/south was the Pennsy and the diagonal route was the Reading.

Darren Reynolds posted seven photos with the comment:

RDG/PRR 

"Milton"(MU) tower 

Milton, Pennsylvania

Steve Barnes: Great pics, what is left there anything ?

Alexander Mitchell: Steve Barnes Not a thing of the Reading east of the tower or the tower itself; the Reading to the NW is the connection to the Union County Industrial RR at West Milton; and of course the NS Buffalo Line, at least for the moment......... The car shop visible in the background in some shots has been owned by AITX since 2022.

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With it's Unique paint "Milton" tower was were the PRR

Crossed the Reading ...

Photo by: Fran Giacoma September 1977

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Looking down the Reading at "Milton" tower a PC Eng-6166 is getting ready to hit the Dimond on May 27,

1974

Photo by: Unknown

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Must be hot inside of "Milton" tower the operator is Shirtless...

Photo by: Fran Giacoma Sept. 1977

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The model board at "Milton" tower Sept 1977

Photo by: Fran Giacoma

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The CTC machine at "Milton" tower Sept 1977

Photo by: Fran Giacoma

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The CTC machine at "Milton" tower Sept 1977

Photo by: Fran Giacoma

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Track and interlocking diagram for "Milton" tower

1953/56 Milton Quad @ 62,500

Eldon, MO: Rock Island Roundhouse and Extant Depot and Lost/MP Depot

RI Roundhouse: (Satellite)

RI Depot: (Satellite)

MoPac Depot: (Satellite, the depot and RoW land is now part of the parking lot for the library.)

Matt Chaney posted
Railroad roundhouse at Eldon, Mo., 1909, for the Rock Island Line. Digital image from the Postcard Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri.
James Smith shared
RI turntable, MO
J Mike Wester shared
Tony Bishop: Consolidations (the two 1600's), Ten Wheelers (the other "teens") and a 4-4-0 off to the right.
Raymond Storey posted
ELDON MO

Rock Island Depot

Street View, Oct 2023

1935 Eldon Quad @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Mike's second share
I included the toxic pond in the lower-left corner and Manor Drive in the top middle to help correlate this 1945 ariel with today's satellite images. The building is gone, but the turntable still exists and we can still see the foundation of the roundhouse. [AR1BL0000020071]
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/TbafpAe5t5X6Ks9S8

The 1959 topo more clearly marked where the RI depot was. That is how I quickly found out that it is extant. It also shows the location of the MoPac depot. The parking lot for the library wiped out the RoW for the abandoned MoPac, but they do have a static display of a MoPac caboose.

1959 Eldon Quad @ 24,000