QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel Although our address is officially Cedar Rapids, my wife and I are quite fond of Marion, IA, having lived there for many years. In Marion, the former Milwaukee Road depot has long since been torn down, but they did save the roof and use it for the town square park's pavilion. I tried searching for a picture, but none seem to be available here in cyberspace, so I'll have to get out and get a shot and add it later.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Trailryder I have been traveling all over Illinois, Iowa & Wisconsin to see the surviving railroad depots. I have a little photo gallery with over 50 shots of Depots in there current state of repair, some have been restored to museums, some are nicely modernized into new businesses, and some sadly are in terrible shape and waiting for the wrecking ball to fini***hem.[V] I invite you to visit the site and see my collection. http://www.pbase.com/trailryder/railroad_depots The 2 depots that once graced the roads of my home town (Dixon Illinois) have been torn down to make way for modern progress, there is a city garage on the site of the Illinois central depot and on the site of the CNW depot on sits a gravel parking lot. Now that’s progress. Later Bill
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QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken At La Junta, CO the La Junta depot soldiers on as a railroad office & Amshack. There are four timber depots from surrounding communities (Cheraw, Keesee and Hasty plus Thatcher) that are now 3 residences plus an office for a storage yard. A similar collection of 3 Santa Fe timber depots is a bakery in Hugoton, KS. The Pritchett, CO depot is now a county garage in Springfield, CO. (Springfield's depot burned in 1986) Lamar, CO; Holly, CO; Manzanola;CO; Fowler, CO; Rocky Ford, CO and Las Animas, CO (all brick depots) are all now munincipal offices.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Ocala Mike Someone on here posted about the Marion, IA station. I lived in Cedar Rapids briefly, and recall a late 1968 trip I took on the Milwaukee Road to and from Chicago from Marion.
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