Batavia, IL: C&NW Depot and Branches

(Satellite, the museum is the CB&Q depot that was moved to the location of the C&NW depot)

Jimmy Fiedler posted
Chicago & Northwestern RR brick depot in Batavia IL
Richard Fiedler shared

Jimmy Fiedler posted
Used AI to color enhance this postcard,  of the Chicago & Northwestern RR depot in Batavia IL
Richard Fiedler shared

A lot of industries were established along the Fox River because of the water power. The C&NW had a spur that went North to St Charles, IL. And it had two spurs that went south along the river. The one on the west side of the river went past its depot on Houston Street and continued to Aurora. This spur also served several industries. The spur on the east side of the river served some industries along the Batavia Dam.

1 of 13 photos posted by Colin Wisner
Old C&NW industrial spur,
Batavia, Illinois.
Dennis DeBruler: Which street is on the left?
Colin Wisner: Dennis DeBruler North River Street.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Colin's comment
Thanks. I was aware that C&NW had a branch through Batavia on the west side of the river. The current location of the CB&Q depot (Batavia Depot Museum) used to be the location of the C&NW depot. But I was not aware that C&NW also had a spur on the east side.
 https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slx9iB3Mr...

Ken Dietz commented on Colin's post: "Where is this in relation to the CA&E end of line station?"

Dennis DeBruler commented on Ken's comment
It appears that this spur connected with the CA&E.
1950 Aurora North Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Ken's comment, at photo resolution
Or it ended just a block north of the CA&E.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/kane/flight11/0bwu06042.jpg

John Harrison commented on Colin's post: "Allis Chalmers had a parts factory there."

Waldwick, NJ: Museum/Erie Railroad Tower and Museum/Depot

Tower: (3D Satellite)

Depot: (3D Satellite)

Street View

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Al Tillotson posted
Norfolk Southern SD60E 6972 catches the last rays of sun as it leads train H70 west past WC tower, Waldwick NJ, 5-21-2020.  H70 makes a nocturnal turn from Croxton NJ to Campbell Hall NY and return, setting off cars for NS’s local freights out of Suffern NY and for interchange to the Middletown & New Jersey RR at Campbell Hall.  The longer days of May, June and July provide a chance to photograph H70 on a normal run.
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Al Tillotson posted
WC tower, Waldwick NJ, Wednesday morning December 31, 2025.  Constructed by the Erie RR, later served Erie Lackawanna, Conrail and NJ Transit before being retired.

Victor Baird: You can get a kit for this tower from the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society.

Richard Appenheim commented on Al's post
Inside. Summer 1968.

Richard Silvis posted
The interlocking tower in Waldwick NJ has been restored and opened as a museum.
Dennis DeBruler: It is up by the old wye.
 https://www.google.com/.../@41.0136772,-74.../data=!3m1!1e3

Larry Candilas commented on Richard's post
1983 - a little worn down

I accessed topo maps to determine that it was an Erie tower.

1955 Ramsey and Park Ridge Quads @ 24,000

From the rehabilitation photos of the museum

Richard Silvia posted
Full front shot of Waldwick Tower

Richard Silvia posted
Waldwick Tower

Richard Silvia posted

Natalia Irina Roman posted
Hi everyone! I am an artist and researcher interested in interlocking towers in and around NYC. Below you can see the beautifully preserved Waldwick Tower just outside of NYC. I am currently traveling around NYC looking for still standing towers and have seen the A Tower / Penn Station or another tower at Marcy Ave station. Could you advise about still standing towers in NYC? I would be very grateful for any answers as text or images in the comments. Thank you!

River Rail Photo posted
Passing Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard/Waldwick Historical Society in Waldwick, New Jersey

Norfolk Southern Over Moodna Viaduct In Daylight (And More)

On Sunday, March 10, 2024, Norfolk Southern Train K72 (a new symbol that we learned today, most recently H70) made a rare trip in daylight round trip from Croxton Yard in Jersey City,  New Jersey to Campbell Hall, New York to interchange with the Middletown & New Jersey Railroad (MNJ). Also unusual was the presence of NS 4601 (AC44C6M) in front of the usual SD60E pair (today 6992 and 6937). The highlight of the trip over the NJ Transit Bergen County/Main Lines and Metro-North Port Jervis Line is always Moodna Viaduct. Formerly part of the Graham Line prior to the realignment of the route, this was built exclusively for freight. Another bonus was the shove move on the M&NJ past the Hamptonburgh Caboose Museum (née-RDG 94066).

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/39vn66lm4Jg

Full resolution pics and prints: https://www.riverrailphoto.com/freighttrains

Dennis DeBruler: Thanks for including railroad infrastructure in your photos. I find the bridges, towers, depots, etc. to be more interesting than the locomotives.

Waldwick Historical Society posted four photos with the comment: "Hey rail fans, here’s something new for you to add to your photographic collection. We’ve just installed a unique work of art byNatalia Irina Roman . These messages to passing trains will be on exhibit for a while so let’s see how you can take advantage of this opportunity."

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Street View, Sep 2019

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Riverdale, IL: 1943 Phillips 66 Gas Station and Lost/Pennsy Depot

Gas Station: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite) This was the Panhandle route.

This filling station architecture with two service bays was common in the 1950s and 60. I did not realize that it was developed during WWII. Not many filling stations were built during the war. The pumps do look older than the 1950s and 60s.

Michael Brandt posted
The Phillips 66 gas station at 138th and Indiana Ave. The building still stands there to this day.

When I read the comment about it still standing, I did a quick look at the intersection on a satellite map, but I could not find it. But then when I saw the address on the photo, I found the building surrounded by vegetation. That is when it occurred to me to try the timeline feature of the Street View function of Google Maps. Aug 2007 is the oldest image I could find. I saved Aug 2011 because it had less vegetation.

It is rather obvious that the high-bay in the back was added to the standard design. The two little blocked up doors on the side were probably for the Men and Women restrooms. Back then, they were on the outside. Sometimes they were ignored by the station operator and they would get filthy. In fact, in the 1960s you would see signs advertising clean restrooms. (You would also see motels advertise color TV.)

Street View, Aug 2011

In less than a year, the remaining openings, except for the entrance door, have been boarded up.

Street View, Apr 2012

The vegetation was still cut by Sep 2014. But by the next available photo, Aug 2018, they no longer bothered to control the vegetation.

Street View, Aug 2018

So now it is a testament to the resiliency of nature.

Street View, Jul 2022

Pennsy Panhandle Depot

Not only is the depot lost, but so is the Pennsy route.

Ross Maselli posted
Rare and never before posted photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad "Panhandle" passenger depot in Riverdale, Illinois. The station was located just south / east of the intersection at 137th Street & Wabash. The P.R.R. was once the largest railroad in the world but their refusal to modernize led to them being left behind. This photo was taken in the early 1920s and this route was discontinued in 1926. Research showed that the, "Pennsylvania Grand Riverdale Station" had fallen into horrid condition. They finally installed running water and indoor toilets in 1916 after several years harassment from the village of Riverdale.
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Ross Maselli posted
Maybe a, "lost photo" of the P.R.R. depot in Riverdale, IL. Uncertain of age but I believe it was taken in the early 1920s.

Bob Lalich: I've never seen a photo of the Riverdale depot before. Thanks for sharing Ross!

The signals are puzzling. I've never seen blades like these. The signals do not appear in the 1916 valuation map.

Ross Maselli commented on his post

Robert Drye: Those are interlocking signal blades with lanterns on them. There were interlockings in both directions from the station, but guessing from the B&OCT tracks behind the station building this is looking north. Panhandle passenger trains on this line were re-routed in 1926 to run via the PRR's South Calumet & Southern and Fort Wayne line to the South side of Union Station. Panhandle line itself lasted into early Conrail era.

It looks like they were quick to tear it down after it the depot was abandoned in 1926.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Evansville, IN: 1928 SEGECO Power Plant

(3D Satellite)

SEGECO = Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co.

University of Southern Indiana
SIGECO (Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co.) power plant at 2501 Broadway Ave., on the Ohio River. It was built in 1928.

Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Dave Fillman posted
1920s power company sign inside the turbine hall of a long decommissioned plant.
Tim Sullivan: Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) Ohio River Station?

Dave Fillman commented on Dave's post
I can't reconcile the photos I found with the buildings that remain in the satellite image.
https://digital.evpl.org/digital/collection/evaphotos/id/111/
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9677893,-87.604313,191a,35y,39.43t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en-US
Tim Sullivan: Dennis DeBruler That’s the lighted signage laying on the floor of the turbine deck at Ohio River Station. It was once a beautiful site on the river.

1916 Henderson Quad @ 62,500
[The upper-left corner of this extract was the Bucyrus-Erie/Vulcan Steam Shovel Plant.]

Note the flood wall behind the pump house. As this photo shows, the pump house was surrounded by the river during the 1937 flood.

3D Satellite

"The heart of its system became the giant Ohio River Station generation plant, which was built during the mid-1920s and expanded throughout the 1930s." Both the electric and gas business continued to prosper during the depression. [FundingUniverse]

 

University of Southern Indiana

University of Southern Indiana

 

University of Southern Indiana

The smokestack configuration did change significantly.

University of Southern Indiana

Pence, WI: Plummer [Iron] Mine

(Satellite)

Paul Mattson posted two photos with the comment: "Plummer mine head frame off hyw 77 between Pence and Iron Belt.  Growing up in Iron Belt as kids we would climb up it and enjoy the view."

James Torgeson shared with the comment: "The Plummer Mine in Pence, Wisconsin on the Gogebic Iron Range, operated from 1904-1924. The underground mine's headframe has stood sentinel ever since. The last Gogebic ore was shipped to the Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna Plant in 1965 via Ashland."

Igor Svengooli: There was talk about opening some mines back up in the neck or the woods but the Indianas voted it down. Would have been great for there economy. Maybe not so good for the land.

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Sara Paynter commented on Paul's post
That's wild that you would climb up it and so cool at the same time! 😳 It is definitely not forgotten, though. It is on the ATV/UTV trail and is frequently visited.

Mark Moritz commented on Paul's post
We visited it last winter during one of our rides.

Nate Heuss, Sep 2019, Part 1

Nate Heuss, Sep 2019, Part 2

Nate Heuss, Sep 2019, Part 1

Nate Heuss, Sep 2019, Part 2

Jeffrey Geving, May 2018

Galena Junction, IL: CB&Q branch to Galena, IL

(Satellite)

Roger Kujawa posted
Post Card Postcard Galena Junction Illinois Ill Il Railroad. This is along the Mississippi we’re the Burlington Route branched off the main to go to Galena.
I’m sure there was some traffic to and from the Q in Galena.
Roger Kujawa shared

The track along the Mississippi River that is labeled Illinois Central was in fact a joint line between CB&Q, IC and Chicago Great Western. The CB&Q continued North in East Dubuque while CGW and IC crossed the river. In Dubuque, CGW went North and IC went South a little bit and then it turned West. Today, the line along the Mississippi River is shared by BNSF and CN.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's share
1913 Galena Quadrangle @ 1:62,500