Hector, MN: Wood Grain Elavator

West: (Satellite)

East: (Satellite)

South side:

Street View, Jun 2026

North side:

Street View, Jun 2026

Wesley Peters posted two photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Hector, Renville County, MN.

Farmers Elevator Co. Built in 1938, T. E. Ibberson Co. 40,000-bushel capacity.

Still standing of June 2026.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

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The above elevator is west of Main Street. This elevator is on the east side.

Street View, Jun 2026

The elevators get rail service because this Milwaukee route is now owned by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W) .

tcwr via Dennis DeBruler

I looked at other views of the north side of the west elevator to see how many of them had tank cars. Every view since 2014 had tank cars. And they are delivering them to Agri Trading Fats and Oils. I also discovered that they recently rebuilt the receiving facility so that they could unload tank cars indoors.

Street View, Apr 2023

Lafayette, IN: Red Crown Mini-Museum (Standard Oil)

(Satellite)

Street View, Mar 2026

Paul Robinson commented on a post:

In the late 1980s, my boss renovated a similar STANDARD station in Lafayette, Indiana. [Similar to the Standard Station in Vienna, IL.] It has been featured here before, I think. The station became THE RED CROWN MINI MUSEUM. It featured my boss's collection of STANDARD OIL memorabilia and antique automobiles. The museum closed after his death, but the building still stands and is used by the local public library that owns the property today.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6287

 

RoadsideAmerica
"The Red Crown Mini-Museum is a 1930s-era Standard Oil filling station that was restored in 1991 and turned into a "walk-by" museum by local businessman Don Stein. It features a couple of restored antique cars in the auto bays, a 1931 Ford Model B wrecker in the parking lot, and miscellaneous gas-station memorabilia inside."
"The original building was constructed in 1927-28 by Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The Red Crown was threatened with destruction in the 1980s. In 1991, Stein restored the building at no cost to the public. A chronological history of the Red Crown Mini-Museum notes that over 1,000 man hours were spent hand-removing 41 layers of paint from the inside glazed brick walls. The 'fallen roof was removed and replaced with red tile imported from Chillicothe, Ohio, where it had been in storage by Standard Oil for over 50 years.'"

Sangyeon Woo, Jul 2016

Southampton, PA: Bad Restoration Leadership/Reading Depot

(Satellite)

R Johnson, Oct 2018

Street View, Oct 2023

Steve Kurth, Jan 2023

Craig Richardson posted four photos with the comment: "Southampton Pa. the line is now a trail. This last saw passengers in the early 80’s. Would love to see this restored."

[Some of the comments explain that the restoration has failed so far because of bad leadership.]

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1952/53 Hatboro Quad @ 24,000

Olivia, MN: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

This ADM facility processes seeds for edible beans. [ADM]

Dennis DeBruler commented on Cliff's comment below
https://maps.app.goo.gl/trfzWKg2utXG6Ywb8

Wesley Peters posted two photos with the comment:

Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota.

Olivia, Renville County, MN.

Lakeland Bean Co. False-front combination headhouse/annex built in 1972. Bushel capacity unknown. False-front annex built in unknown year. Bushel capacity unknown. Both by Hogenson Construction Co.

Features Hogenson's signature mint green office and driveway.

Photographed on 7/20/2025.

Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters.

Cliff Smith: Did you take a photo of the railcar side? Awesome shots

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Street View, Jun 2026

To the west of the ADM plant is a Remington corn seed plant. Note the ADM plant in the right background.

Street View, Jun 2026

At first, I could not find the wood elevator because it is west of town. In the town is a big storage grain elevator.

Street View, Jun 2026

The elevators get rail service because this Milwaukee route is now owned by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W) .

tcwr via Dennis DeBruler

Vienna, IL: Forman Depot Tourism Center and Old Standard Gas Station

Museum: (Satellite, in March, 2016 it was not a diner, it was a visitor center)

Gas Station: (Satellite)

I don't know where this building came from, but it is not the town's Big Four Depot.

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The building's display implies that this was a depot at the junction of two railroads. But this topo map shows that the only railroad in the area was east of here. The real depot for this town was the Big Four Depot.

1966/67 Vienna Quad @ 24,000

Since I visited in 2016, they called the town the Bicycling Capital of Illinois, Home of the Big Bike.

Someplace I saw "the hundred mile race on the Tunnel Hill Trail," but now I can't find that information. So I Googled it.

It seems to be running instead of biking. The races in 2026 are on Nov 14. [RunSummitLine]

Jon Lorenz, May 2022

The bushes around the bike have been removed.

R̷A̷C̷H̷I̷D̷.̷T̷, Nov 2024

Since the above photos were taken, the big sign has been taken down. I wonder why.

Street View, Apr 2025

Old Standard Gas Station

Street View, Apr 2025

James Leighton posted
Vienna Illinois

Some photos I took of the museum in 2016

Greenville, IL: Office/Pennsy/Vandalia Depot

(Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Vandalia Railroad Depot in Greenville, Illinois. 1917

Larry Candilas: MP 190.3

Street View, Jun 2026

L Grabb, Mar 2026

It looks like Shank Real is no longer using it and had a hard time selling it.

Street View, Sep 2013

It is good that it still exists because I would have guessed it was next to 4th Street instead of 3rd Street.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Higgins, VA: Diggs Filler UP/Tidewater Oil/Esso

(Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2016

There Are Places - the Photography of Michael Wade posted two photos with the comment:

Diggs Filler Up station - formerly Tidewater Oil Company / Esso station. The station was restored by Bobby Diggs and is like an indoor and outdoor museum, and features vintage Esso and Standard Oil gas pumps. It's design is a "house and canopy" architectural style, which was very popular with the early filling stations. Note that - filling station, not gas station. That's because "these early roadside stops literally "filled" multiple fluid reservoirs and containers, rather than just pumping gasoline into a car’s built-in fuel tank."

"Early automobiles were mechanically unreliable and consumed fluids at a high rate. When a driver pulled into a station, the attendant didn't just provide fuel; their primary job was to fill up all the vital liquids required to keep the vehicle running. This included:

Motor Oil: Early engines burned through oil rapidly and needed constant topping off.

Water: Early cooling systems frequently boiled over, requiring attendants to fill the radiator.

Kerosene: Used to fill the vehicle's side lamps and tail lamps before electric lighting became standard."

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Emory Minnick Flickr, cropped
A Blast from the Past!! Restored Standard Oil Filling Station owned by Bobby Diggs. It is truly a museum inside and outside.