Nostalgia & History > The CB&Q Sandwich Depot and Trains -- Part 1

This is Part 1 of 16 photos of the CB&Q Sandwich, IL depot and some passing trains. 

I was the substitute Agent for the vacationing Agent at the CB&Q Sandwich Depot for two weeks in early July 1963. Sandwich is on the double-track main line between Aurora and Galesburg and is much closer to Aurora.  Nobody asked for a Ham and Cheese on Rye while I was there.

1. My photo July 3, 1963.  Yes that's the nose of my Pontiac at the left.

2, 3 and 4. Roger Puta's photos taken in January 1979.  It was a BN Depot by then.  Note the repaint of the wooden parts to BN Cascade Green.  The depot is long gone by now.

Tomorrow we start with pictures of some trains that passed while I was the Agent.

 



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/24 20:00 by MartyBernard.

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Wonderful depot and photos. CBQ had some handsome ones.

I was guessing a “CB&Q sandwich depot“ was the kind they liked to build with transverse gables on both ends sandwiching the middle portion with no bay window (or mayo):

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5528169,5528190#5528190

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3545347,3545350#3545350

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2877849,2877849#2877849

Was the green trim really that much brighter in 1979? (And more of it, too. Guess BN green hadn't been invented by 1963.)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/24 23:26 by timz.

A very nice looking depot.  When did it get pulled down ?

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> A very nice looking depot.  When did it get
> pulled down ?

1985