Station: (Satellite, there was a connector in the southwest quadrant and the cabin was between the connector and the Wabash tracks.)
Note that the top of this map is South instead of North.
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| Bill Molony commented on his posting Steele was the name of the location in New Lenox Township where the Michigan Central crossed over the Wabash. This 1959 photograph is of the Wabash station at Steele; note the Michigan Central bridge in the background to the left. |
Note that the top of this map is South instead of North.
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| Richard Fiedler commented on Bill's posting The Michigan Central handed over a lot of automotive traffic to the Wabash at Steele. Sam Anthony NYC handed us (WAB) Fords at Reddick Ill. |
Bill Molony posted two photos with the comment:
James Holzmeier Great photos! Interesting little building...was it of wood construction or was it poured concrete?
Richard Fiedler Wood. Looks like vertical tongue and groove and it has iron end braces on the corners. It looks like an old wood boxcar that had a gable roof added and the door openings closed off with windows and doors added.
Robert McNeill I agree Richard, not unusual at some "whistle stops"..
These two photographs - dated 1959 - are of the Wabash depot at Steele, Illinois in New Lenox Township.Richard Fiedler Steele at MP 33.9 was a telegraph station call was “SR”. There was a flourishing interchange business with the MC handing off cuts from Ford bound to Kansas City. According to the 1902 Wabash Structures Book the building was built in 1888 and measured 14’x16’with a 12’ ceiling on a timber foundation. It was shared with the MC at least up to some point with Wabash claiming 1/2 the building. I’m assuming that the structure pictured is a replacement for the one described in the book as it looks narrower and longer more like 12’x30’. At one time there were also tell-tales on both sides of the viaduct, a frame platform, outhouse, a tool House, and a milk platform.
Steele was the designation for the location where the Wabash tracks passed under the tracks of the New York Central's Joliet Cutoff. The NYC overpass can be seen to the left in the first photograph.
The name of the agent standing in front of the door is given as Worth B. Mooney.
James Holzmeier Great photos! Interesting little building...was it of wood construction or was it poured concrete?
Richard Fiedler Wood. Looks like vertical tongue and groove and it has iron end braces on the corners. It looks like an old wood boxcar that had a gable roof added and the door openings closed off with windows and doors added.
Robert McNeill I agree Richard, not unusual at some "whistle stops"..
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| 1953/55 Mokena Quad @ 24,000 |
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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