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BACK IN 1850'S IN THE TOWN OF MENDOTA, THREE RAILROADS
BUT FIRST BACK IN 1850'S IN THE TOWN OF MENDOTA, THREE RAILROADS CONVERGED.
TOWN OF MENDOTA, THREE RAILROADS CONVERGED. ITS HISTORY IS PRESERVED IN
CONVERGED. ITS HISTORY IS PRESERVED IN LARGE AND SMALL SCALES.
ITS HISTORY IS PRESERVED IN LARGE AND SMALL SCALES. >> IT WAS A MAJOR INTERCHANGE
LARGE AND SMALL SCALES. >> IT WAS A MAJOR INTERCHANGE POINT FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER.
>> IT WAS A MAJOR INTERCHANGE POINT FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER. YOU COULD GO FROM PASSENGERS,
POINT FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER. YOU COULD GO FROM PASSENGERS, WHO COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE
YOU COULD GO FROM PASSENGERS, WHO COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY FROM HERE.
WHO COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY FROM HERE. YOU TAKE A TRAIN FROM CHICAGO,
COUNTRY FROM HERE. YOU TAKE A TRAIN FROM CHICAGO, AND YOU COME HERE, AND GO SOUTH
YOU TAKE A TRAIN FROM CHICAGO, AND YOU COME HERE, AND GO SOUTH TO NEW ORLEANS OR GO WEST.
AND YOU COME HERE, AND GO SOUTH TO NEW ORLEANS OR GO WEST. IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST
TO NEW ORLEANS OR GO WEST. IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST ALSO.
IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST ALSO. >> BY 1942, THE BUILDING HAD
ALSO. >> BY 1942, THE BUILDING HAD BECOME IN SUCH BAD REPAIR THAT
>> BY 1942, THE BUILDING HAD BECOME IN SUCH BAD REPAIR THAT THE THEY DECIDED TO TEAR DOWN
BECOME IN SUCH BAD REPAIR THAT THE THEY DECIDED TO TEAR DOWN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE
THE THEY DECIDED TO TEAR DOWN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE BUILDING, AND IT IS -- THIS IS
THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE BUILDING, AND IT IS -- THIS IS ONLY LIKE A THIRD OF WHAT THE
BUILDING, AND IT IS -- THIS IS ONLY LIKE A THIRD OF WHAT THE BUILDING WAS.
ONLY LIKE A THIRD OF WHAT THE BUILDING WAS. I MEAN IT WAS A LARGE, LARGE --
BUILDING WAS. I MEAN IT WAS A LARGE, LARGE -- TWO STORY -- THREE STORY
I MEAN IT WAS A LARGE, LARGE -- TWO STORY -- THREE STORY BUILDING.
TWO STORY -- THREE STORY BUILDING. >>
THIS IS A REPLICA OF MEN DA MENDOTA, THE WAY IT USED TO BE IN THE 30'S AND 40'S.
MENDOTA, THE WAY IT USED TO BE IN THE 30'S AND 40'S. THIS WAS BUILT -- IT TOOK ME
IN THE 30'S AND 40'S. THIS WAS BUILT -- IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO BUILD THIS.
THIS WAS BUILT -- IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO BUILD THIS. I BUILT IT FROM EIGHT BY TEN
THREE YEARS TO BUILD THIS. I BUILT IT FROM EIGHT BY TEN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
I BUILT IT FROM EIGHT BY TEN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE TRACK IS LAID ORIGINALLY
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE TRACK IS LAID ORIGINALLY JUST THE WAY IT USED TO COME IN
THE TRACK IS LAID ORIGINALLY JUST THE WAY IT USED TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE TOWN, AND I AM
JUST THE WAY IT USED TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE TOWN, AND I AM DE PICKING THREE RAILROADS THAT
AND OUT OF THE TOWN, AND I AM DE PICKING THREE RAILROADS THAT USED TO COME THROUGH MENDOTA,
DE PICKING THREE RAILROADS THAT USED TO COME THROUGH MENDOTA, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD,
USED TO COME THROUGH MENDOTA, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD,
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, ACTUALLY CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND
PAUL, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, ACTUALLY CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND SAINT PAUL, THAT WAS THE
ACTUALLY CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND SAINT PAUL, THAT WAS THE MILWAUKEE ONE, AND CHICAGO
SAINT PAUL, THAT WAS THE MILWAUKEE ONE, AND CHICAGO BURLING TON, QUINCY RAILROAD, AS
MILWAUKEE ONE, AND CHICAGO BURLING TON, QUINCY RAILROAD, AS DEPICTED HERE.
BURLING TON, QUINCY RAILROAD, AS DEPICTED HERE. INSTEAD OF GOING UNDER AND OVER,
DEPICTED HERE. INSTEAD OF GOING UNDER AND OVER, THEY WOULD CROSS HERE AT THE
INSTEAD OF GOING UNDER AND OVER, THEY WOULD CROSS HERE AT THE DIAMOND.
THEY WOULD CROSS HERE AT THE DIAMOND. WHAT IS UNUSUAL IS TO HAVE FOUR
DIAMOND. WHAT IS UNUSUAL IS TO HAVE FOUR LIKE THAT TOGETHER.
WHAT IS UNUSUAL IS TO HAVE FOUR LIKE THAT TOGETHER. ALL OAF THE COUNTRY, THEY WOULD
LIKE THAT TOGETHER. ALL OAF THE COUNTRY, THEY WOULD HAVE TWO OR MAYBE ONE, ONE OR
ALL OAF THE COUNTRY, THEY WOULD HAVE TWO OR MAYBE ONE, ONE OR TWO DIAMONDS, BUT NOT FOUR LIKE
HAVE TWO OR MAYBE ONE, ONE OR TWO DIAMONDS, BUT NOT FOUR LIKE THIS.
THEN IN THE OUTER ROOM WHICH USED TO GO A BAGGAGE PORCH IS NOW ENCLOSED IN GLASS WINDOWS,
USED TO GO A BAGGAGE PORCH IS NOW ENCLOSED IN GLASS WINDOWS, WE HAVE KIND OF THE LABOR AREA,
NOW ENCLOSED IN GLASS WINDOWS, WE HAVE KIND OF THE LABOR AREA, THE SIGNS THAT WERE UP IN THE
WE HAVE KIND OF THE LABOR AREA, THE SIGNS THAT WERE UP IN THE DEPOT AND ON THE RAIL, THE
THE SIGNS THAT WERE UP IN THE DEPOT AND ON THE RAIL, THE RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNS, SWITCH
DEPOT AND ON THE RAIL, THE RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNS, SWITCH STAND, JUST BAGGAGE CARTS,
RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNS, SWITCH STAND, JUST BAGGAGE CARTS, LUGGAGE, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS
STAND, JUST BAGGAGE CARTS, LUGGAGE, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE WANT
LUGGAGE, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, RAILROADING
LIKE THAT, THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, RAILROADING IS NOT ALL PASSENGER.
EVERYBODY TO KNOW, RAILROADING IS NOT ALL PASSENGER. WE DO HAVE HARD LABOR GOING ON,
IS NOT ALL PASSENGER. WE DO HAVE HARD LABOR GOING ON, AND MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
WE DO HAVE HARD LABOR GOING ON, AND MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LABOR. WE HAVE ON DISPLAY IN
AND MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LABOR. WE HAVE ON DISPLAY IN OUR MUSEUM SOMETHING CALLED
LABOR. WE HAVE ON DISPLAY IN OUR MUSEUM SOMETHING CALLED SONO-RAIL TO DETECT CRACKS IN
OUR MUSEUM SOMETHING CALLED SONO-RAIL TO DETECT CRACKS IN THE TRACKS.
. >> THE CB AND Q LOCOMOTIVE WE HAVE OUTSIDE WAS BUILT IN 1923.
>> THE CB AND Q LOCOMOTIVE WE HAVE OUTSIDE WAS BUILT IN 1923. THAT LOCOMOTIVE WAS BASICALLY
HAVE OUTSIDE WAS BUILT IN 1923. THAT LOCOMOTIVE WAS BASICALLY USED IN FREIGHT SERVICE, AND IT
THAT LOCOMOTIVE WAS BASICALLY USED IN FREIGHT SERVICE, AND IT DID RUN THROUGH HERE BACK IN ITS
USED IN FREIGHT SERVICE, AND IT DID RUN THROUGH HERE BACK IN ITS HEY DAY, AND THE WEIGH CAR AND
DID RUN THROUGH HERE BACK IN ITS HEY DAY, AND THE WEIGH CAR AND CABOOSE ATTACHED TO IT WAS BUILT
HEY DAY, AND THE WEIGH CAR AND CABOOSE ATTACHED TO IT WAS BUILT IN 1911.
CABOOSE ATTACHED TO IT WAS BUILT IN 1911. TO HAVE WOODEN TRUCKS OR THE
IN 1911. TO HAVE WOODEN TRUCKS OR THE WHEEL SETS, THAT'S CALLED
TO HAVE WOODEN TRUCKS OR THE WHEEL SETS, THAT'S CALLED TRUCKS, IS VERY FRAGILE, AND THE
WHEEL SETS, THAT'S CALLED TRUCKS, IS VERY FRAGILE, AND THE WOOD WEARS OUT OVER TIME.
TRUCKS, IS VERY FRAGILE, AND THE WOOD WEARS OUT OVER TIME. IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE A WOODEN
WOOD WEARS OUT OVER TIME. IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE A WOODEN CABOOSE.
IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE A WOODEN CABOOSE. >> BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY
CABOOSE. >> BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY RAILROADS CROMING THROUGH
>> BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY RAILROADS CROMING THROUGH MENDOTA, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE
RAILROADS CROMING THROUGH MENDOTA, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT EACH ONE OF
MENDOTA, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT EACH ONE OF THEM.
ABLE TO REPRESENT EACH ONE OF THEM. WE HAVE VERY FEW PIECES, VERY
THEM. WE HAVE VERY FEW PIECES, VERY FEW PIECES FROM THE MILWAUKEE.
WE HAVE VERY FEW PIECES, VERY FEW PIECES FROM THE MILWAUKEE. WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS FROM THE
FEW PIECES FROM THE MILWAUKEE. WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS FROM THE IC, AND OUR MULTITUDE FROM THE
WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS FROM THE IC, AND OUR MULTITUDE FROM THE PEOPLE ARE FROM THE Q.
IC, AND OUR MULTITUDE FROM THE PEOPLE ARE FROM THE Q. >> IN 1939, THE FAMOUS
PEOPLE ARE FROM THE Q. >> IN 1939, THE FAMOUS ILLINOIS -- ZEPHYR RUN CAME
>> IN 1939, THE FAMOUS ILLINOIS -- ZEPHYR RUN CAME THROUGH HERE FROM DENVER,
ILLINOIS -- ZEPHYR RUN CAME THROUGH HERE FROM DENVER, WORLD'S RECORD RUN.
WE ARE IN THE 1940'S TELEGRAPH OFFICE. YOU WILL NOTICE THE DESK TOP HAS
OFFICE. YOU WILL NOTICE THE DESK TOP HAS BEEN CUT OUT BECAUSE USUALLY THE
YOU WILL NOTICE THE DESK TOP HAS BEEN CUT OUT BECAUSE USUALLY THE OPERATOR HAD TO LEAN FORWARD OUT
BEEN CUT OUT BECAUSE USUALLY THE OPERATOR HAD TO LEAN FORWARD OUT OF A WINDOW WHICH WE DON'T HAVE
OPERATOR HAD TO LEAN FORWARD OUT OF A WINDOW WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE TRAIN TRACKS.
OF A WINDOW WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE TRAIN TRACKS. >> THIS WAS A RAILROAD TOWN.
TO SEE THE TRAIN TRACKS. >> THIS WAS A RAILROAD TOWN. THIS IS HOW MENDOTA GOT STARTED.
>> THIS WAS A RAILROAD TOWN. THIS IS HOW MENDOTA GOT STARTED. LIKE MANY OTHER TOWNS, BUT THE
THIS IS HOW MENDOTA GOT STARTED. LIKE MANY OTHER TOWNS, BUT THE UNIQUENES ABOUT MENDOTA, ALL
LIKE MANY OTHER TOWNS, BUT THE UNIQUENES ABOUT MENDOTA, ALL THREE CONVERGELED HERE RIGHT AT
UNIQUENES ABOUT MENDOTA, ALL THREE CONVERGELED HERE RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THE TOWN.
THREE CONVERGELED HERE RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THE TOWN. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING.
IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE THAT MENDOTA COMES FROM AN INDIAN TERM WHICH MEANS CROSSING OF THE
MENDOTA COMES FROM AN INDIAN TERM WHICH MEANS CROSSING OF THE PATH.
TERM WHICH MEANS CROSSING OF THE PATH.
TO REACH THE UNION DEPOT RAILROAD MUSEUM IN MENDOTA, CALL (815)538-3800.