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Thomson Depot RR Museum Sign |
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For once we were at a museum on its regularly scheduled hours of operation - only to find no one at the Thomson depot that Friday and the depot closed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:12 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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Former CBQ Depot at Thomson, IL |
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According to one online source, this quaint Chicago, Burlington and Quincy depot was built in the late 1800's shortly after the completion of the track between Fulton and Savanna in 1886. The wooden frame building is typical of the style used by the C.B.&Q. in small villages and towns throughout Illinois during those early days of railroad expansion. It is the last of its kind in Carroll County. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:19 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
Former CBQ Depot at Thomson, IL |
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This Depot was saved through the efforts of the Depot Committee and several local residents and former residents who through their labor and contributions made it possible to buy the building and restore it. In May of 1986 the Depot was moved to a location 100 feet east of the original site. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:23 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
Former CBQ Depot at Thomson, IL |
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This small addition is not original but was added in 1989 for additional space for exhibits and public restrooms. |
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10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:26 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
REA Baggage Car |
| Description: |
Beautiful reminder of how much business was handled by railroads at the turn of the century. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:29 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
Former CBQ Depot at Thomspon, IL |
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Originally, the depot would have sat closer to the sput seen by the No Parking sign. On the far left is the former Chicago, Burlington and Quiincy mainline through town, now a BNSF property. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:33 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
BNSF ROW north - Thomson, IL |
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Note the spur siding coming off to the right past the pine tree. That was the siding for the Thomson depot, once host to steam and diesel trains. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:37 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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Station,Track |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF ROW south - Thomson, IL |
| Description: |
Straight arrow ROW heading south along the Mississippi River. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2018 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 7:22:43 AM |
| Location: |
Thomson, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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Station,Track |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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