You'll find some nice pictures of the joint M&StL and Rock Island Depot in Grinnell, Iowa.
I whiled away the hours at this Depot while a student at Grinnell College in the early 70s.
The old M&StL tracks cut right through the middle of campus. When I was a student the C&NW had taken over the M&StL but there were still three or four trains a day.
Now it's the Union Pacific but the traffic seems to be steady based on this article on Students and Trains.
At Grinnell College, trains have been a part of campus life since the school's 1846 founding.
Cargo trains pass through campus, running north and south, two or three times each day, said Dann Hayes, director of media relations. There is another line that runs east to west through the town of Grinnell.
"Because of that, cross trains have to go extra slow, which is a bonus for us," Hayes said.
The trains blast their horns at least two intersections before arriving on campus, giving plenty of warning. To further ensure student safety, procedures to deal with train collisions have been outlined in handbooks that will be distributed in every classroom, office and at every telephone at the school, Hayes said.
"For the most part, I think it's just common sense."
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