Rochelle Railroad Park Gift Shop is reopen

The gift shop in Rochelle has reopened under new management. It happened to be open today when I saw UP 1995. Unfortunatly, it doesn't have near as much as it did before it was closed. It basically has model trains, and a lot of them were very high priced and new.

Do they still carry old magazines? (the old place had a room in back full of old Trains, etc...)

I'm going to guess not since they were all on consignment. If that's the case then I'll never have a reason to go back to the park.

Nope, the gift shop does not have old magazines anymore. They mainly have model trains now, and most of them are very expensive.

Couple questions about Rochelle in general -

When did the Milwaukee Road abandon their track into town from the south? And, is there anything left in Rochelle to serve industries? I understand there was a Carnation plant built in the 60's on the Milw, and wondered if it was still in existence.