Disused Stations of the Chicago Great Western - Winston Tunnel History - Part 12

In Part 12 of our Disused Stations of the Chicago Great Western series, we continue our journey across northwest Illinois, Jo Daviess County. This time, we focus entirely on the Winston Station and Tunnel – exploring its troubled history, from its construction in 1887, to the many events and tribulations that shaped its story, until its closure in the early 1970s. Thanks for watching! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE to support our channel! Brian & Joyce IMAGE CREDITS -www.loc.gov -Illinois State Geological Survey -Bing Image Creator -Samuel V Panno -Wisconsin State Geological Survey -Field Musuem of Natural History -www.priweb.org -www.nautiloid.net -Mark Wilson -Phil Brown, wwww.phlbrwn.com -A C Trowbridge and E W Shaw -www.wikipedia.org -David Rumsey Map Collection -Loras College -www.worthpoint.com -geodata.mit.edu -Ronald Stieglitz -clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu -www.newspapers.com (The Courier, Sioux City Journal, Freeport Daily Bulletin, Gogebic Iron Tribune, St Paul Globe, Freeport Journal Standard, Lena Star, Evening Journal, Daily Democrat, Weekly Herald, Minneapolis Journal, Freeport Democrat, Daily Journal, Journal Gazette) -Sean Sweeney -www.archives.org (Men of Minnesota, Century Illustrated Magazine, 1904 Engineering News, Official Guide for Railways and Steam Navigation, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, 1904 and 1915 Railway Age, 1931 Railway Signaling, Harold P Brown Articles, 1888 St Paul, Minnesota Directory) -mnopedia.org -www.allmogens.se -idnc.library.illinois.edu (Galena Daily Gazette) -www.findagrave.com (Kirk F, Darcy Meier Pinotti, Jennifer Race) -H Roger Grant, "The Corn Belt Route" -www.copperriverrailway.com -Galena Historical Society -Facebook (Terry Miller, Bob Bell, Rowan Locomotive Works, Gary S Law, Jim Rueber, Mark Llanuza, Ardi Carl, Rick Dittmar) -www.idaillinois.org -1904 Railway Age -Flickr.com (Mark Vogel, Hub City Archives, John W Barriger Collection, Mark Petersen, Keith Rafacz) -Elizabeth Historical Society -David Fiore, "The Chicago Great Western Railway" -industrialscenery.blogspot.com -Oregon Depot Museum -Camp Logan Archives -Mrs Donald Richardson Collection -William J Manon -Mark Nelson MUSIC CREDITS -Opening / Closing Dark Ages by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com License (CC BY 3.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -A New Continent by Tim Kulig Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8655-a-new-continent License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license -Venkatesananda by Jesse Gallagher (YouTube Audio Library) -Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher (YouTube Audio Library) -The West by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3905-in-the-west License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist: https://incompetech.com SFX (FS = www.freesound.org, CC3.0 License = https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, CC4.0 License = https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Steam Whistle (71778) by Bidone (FS) -Kua-bay-beach-waves (397593) by tombenedict (FS), CC4.0 -Timber (23709) by hazure (FS), CC3.0 -felling-a-tree-with-an-axe (401730) by tomatktka (FS) -big-tree-fall-in-forest (494071) by kinoton (FS) -Hand Digging -Digging with Pick Axe (138412) by cameronmusic, FS, CC3.0 -Excavation (133424) by gerardhadders, FS -Digging1 (346046) by YemiMoses, FS -Digging_a_hole (72068) by lorenzosu, FS, CC3.0 -Age of Steam #5, #42, #41, #34, #30, #39 - BBC -Bang #19, #17 - BBC -landslide (543837) by bikesnbassboi (FS), CC4.0 -Crowds, Children, and Footsteps #39, #38, #40 - BBC -Hammering #39 - Authentic Sound Effects -Sawing Wood #41 - Authentic Sound Effects -drainpipe (319037) by kwahmah_02 (FS), CC3.0 -Rainstorm, Rolling Thunder #1, Living Sound Effects V1 -walla-cuban-men-yell-bball2-natural (51791) by kyles (FS) -construction-bulldozer-diesel (165199) by rincewind87 (FS) -construction-site (98024) by tomlija (FS), CC3.0 -Weather #15 - BBC -apparatuur-suis-toren-lopik2 (336857) by borque (FS), CC3.0 -short-blow (184572) by jiza529 (FS) -r23-64-wagon-and-soliders-marching (480671) by craigsmith -pool_concrete_spraying (316813) by bryanpike (FS) -train-crossing-diesel-freight-horn-at-beginning-passing-by (674529) by nicholasjudy567 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - Many thanks to the Facebook groups "Chicago Great Western Railroad Fans" and "Chicago Great Western Remembered", as being an excellent source of information TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 Titles and Opening 00:00:23 Introduction 00:00:59 Prehistory 00:02:35 Stickney's Problem 00:04:02 1887 Tunnel Construction 00:18:52 Tunnel Name 00:20:15 Early Days 00:22:19 Early 1900s Improvements 00:27:45 Ownership Change 00:28:59 Ventilation! 00:32:26 1910s 00:35:03 1930s & 1940s 00:36:58 Final Days & Decay 00:39:05 Closing COPYRIGHT © 2023 EASTMONT MEDIA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. #history #Illinois #railroad #chicagogreatwestern #cgw #winston #rice #jodaviess #railways #winstontunnel