Greetings,
I am planning to make a Free-Mo module setup based on Wyoming, IL
as it looked in the 1950's. I am looking for information on what
trackage was still in place and what the structures looked like. I have
located a Sanborn Fire map, but it only goes up to 1913. A friend found
an aerial picture from 1938, but it is rather fuzzy and does not answer
some questions. I have seen a picture from 1979 with a train passing the
depot, so I know at least the main was still in service then. The depot
still exists, but the platform (shown on the Sanborn map) is gone.
What I am trying to find out includes:
1. Was the "Q" Elevator still served by rail and were any of the
grain bins in place yet?
2. Was the cattle shed still in use?
3. Was the E.W. Houghten & Co. lumberyard behind the depot still in
use and was it still served by the CB&Q?
4. Was the Aldrich Company in that location by the 1950's and were
they served by the CB&Q?
5. What platform did the depot have or was it gone by the 1950's?
(My understanding is that passenger traffic had ended before the war.)
Thanks for any help.
James Kantor
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