James,
The Sanborn maps I have access to have been updated through 1926. But
that still is not much help and doesn't answer your questions.
The early-mid 1950s Q Public Timetables show Monday-Friday mixed service
scheduled. Northbound Train 111 left Yates City at 11:00 am, arriving at
Wyoming at 12:40 pm, and then terminating at Buda at 2:00 pm. The mixed
then turned as Southbound Train 110 leaving Buda at 2:20 pm, arriving
Wyoming 3:30 pm, and then terminating at Yates City 4:55 pm. A
connecting Continental Trailways bus to Peoria from Elmwood is shown
that arrives Peoria at 10:10 pm. So one would sitting at Elmwood awhile
for that connection.
With a mixed train, one would assume the platform was still in place
then. Wyoming is also shown as having an agent. The rest I can not
provide any information on.
Bill Hirt
On 2/14/2020 4:34 PM, wolfshead010 via Groups.Io wrote:
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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