Nostalgia & History > Davis Jct Il 1/7/87

I think this line was Soo Line by this date, but Milwuakee Road paint could still be seen. Also MKT and SP power roamed around. This train was stopped and i shot it at a hand held 1/30 second. Tom Paris

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Is the depot still there or is all gone. Watch the Hiawatha come through there. Many from Rockford boarded there for Omaha etc. during and after the War.

ATSF429 Wrote:
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> Is the depot still there or is all gone. Watch
> the Hiawatha come through there. Many from
> Rockford boarded there for Omaha etc. during and
> after the War.


The depot is gone as is the quaint little bar across the tracks. Forget the name, but I believe it went up in flames about ten years ago.

KC - boarded #103 there on several occasions

GRNDMND Wrote:
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> ATSF429 Wrote:
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> > Is the depot still there or is all gone. Watch
> > the Hiawatha come through there. Many from
> > Rockford boarded there for Omaha etc. during
> and
> > after the War.
>
>
> The depot is gone as is the quaint little bar
> across the tracks. Forget the name, but I believe
> it went up in flames about ten years ago.
>

The bar was called the "Track Inn" and did indeed burn many years ago.... shortly after the owner retired to Arizona, IIRC.

Great catch on the Milwaukee Road and M-K-T power mixed, I'm not sure how much that happened especially in Illinois!