Winnebago Community Historical Society Welcomes you to our program Railroads in Winnebago County Historical Perspective

Chicago & North Western Railway Company Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, 1864. Consolidated with Chicago & North Western Railway Company in 1864.

Winnebago Depot in the 1920s Depot was located at N. Benton Street View is looking east from Benton Street

One of the last runs of the Chicago-Freeport C & NW train One of the last runs of the Chicago-Freeport C & NW train. In Freeport, Conductor H. S. Wagner hands running orders to Engineer A. H. Lester as Fireman R. E. Klingberg watches.

A last stop at the Pecatonica Depot.

Mrs. Fairy A. Cross & Ms. Laura Schoonmaker of Winnebago, with Jack Kantz, head trainman, assisting them. The State Commerce Commission agreed to discontinue the passenger route February 14, 1950.

The Winnebago C & NW Depot in 1954, looking east from Benton Street

C & NW derailment, October 1968, between Falconer & Weldon Roads.

C & NW line wash out. The earth bank above a culvert at Cunningham Road washed out in the 1960s.

Notice how overgrown the tracks are! One of the last C & NW freight trains westbound, east of Elida Street, 1971 Notice how overgrown the tracks are!

Tearing out the last of the C & NW track in Winnebago, July 15, 1982. Chuck Sweeny took this photo. “So the end of the railroad in Winnebago came this week with nary a whimper—its withering lasted 30 years.” Chuck Sweeny

C & NW Depot today—looking east from Benton Street.

Illinois Central Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company (later Illinois Central) line through Alworth

Alworth Depot

L. N. Bowman General Mercantile Alworth in 1930 L. N. Bowman General Mercantile

Drawing of Alworth community 1950

Alworth in the1950s

“Stuck in the mud” at Alworth, March 1976

Train wreck at Alworth, April 1994

Loading at Alworth 1994

Alworth Today

Rockford & Interurban Railway Winnebago Interurban Depot 1903

Winnebago Depot 1910

Rockford & Interurban Railway Car Barn, Kishwaukee Street & First Avenue in Rockford, 1912

Rockford & Interurban Railway Car # 223

Train Wreck

Winnebago Station Agent Winnebago Depot Power Plant W. R. McDonald Winnebago Station Agent

Rockford & Interurban Railway Winnebago Depot c. 1920

Rockford & Interurban Railway Winnebago Depot today

Thank you for coming! Please fill out your evaluation form & leave it in the basket by the door This slide show is available for download from www.winnebagopubliclibrary.org Available on WCHS Facebook Page: Railroads Photo Album Thank you Winnebago Public Library for use of the projector and sound system and for hosting our slide show on its website. Preserving the past Informing the present Inspiring the future