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Topic starter
11/06/2026 3:10 pm
These two photographs were taken about 20 years apart at the railway station at my hometown of Riverside, IL. I can identify many of the cars in 1956, but I don't do so well in the 1936 scene. Today, of course, except for the automobiles, the view would be exactly the same !
12/06/2026 2:14 am
I like the 2 shots of the station and water tower. Are they still there?
12/06/2026 3:00 am
great shots Mike. Love how so much creative design and effort went into producing a straight out utility use structure like a water tower.
12/06/2026 4:51 am
I'll be darn. If you look REAL close, you'll see the same 5 dollar bill under the tree in the 1936 picture as well as in 1956. No one picked it up.
Great pics Mike; love these old shots!
Topic starter
12/06/2026 5:01 am
Lol, thanks ! Yes, the railway station and the water tower are still there and exactly the same by the triple-track Burlington-Northern-Santa Fe mainline west out of Chicago Union Station. I am not sure the automobiles are still around, but they deserve to be !
12/06/2026 5:32 am
Lovely pics
John Bono
North Jersey
16/06/2026 7:45 am
Train stations and cars always make great picture subjects.
Topic starter
16/06/2026 10:56 am
They do ! If an airplane could be flying overhead and ship was visible out in the ocean, you would have all my favorite transportation devices together in one photograph, lol ! 
GDH and Geoff Jowett reacted