St. Anne, IL: C&EI + Big Four Union Depot and Junction Tower

Depot: (Satellite)

Tower: (Satellite)

St. Anne, IL, is the junction of the KBS/Big Four and UP+CSX+CP/MoPac/C&EI.

Bill Molony posted
Union Depot in St. Anne, Illinois was served by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad and by the New York Central System's CCC&StL.
Postal Card photo circa 1919.
Brian Weber Just north of station st between the tracks I believe. If you look at Google maps, you can see those telegraph poles are still there.
Robert Gibson Jr. The train is on the C&EI side heading north.
Richard Mead It is combination tower and station...that's what makes it tall.

Jim Arvites posted
Postcard view of Union Station at St. Anne, Illinois circa 1910. The station was served by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Big Four (CCC&STL).

Charlie DeWeese

Working third trick in New York Central's AB relay office in Indianapolis, IN in the fall of 1962, on the sixth floor of the Big Four Building at Maryland and Meridian (later a Hampton Inn) having flunked out of Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, IN we had a message to be forwarded to STANNE and it took us half the night to realize it was St Anne. The message had come in on a teletype from another relay office, likely Q New York. I cannot recall the location of other relay offices or their designations.

Kathy Friend

Is the depot still standing ?

Rich Westerman

The depot is long gone. The trackage is UP now and a train comes through about every hour nowadays. Very busy line. KB&S (short line) also runs through the town. Both lines run close to the youth baseball fields and I got to watch my son play and train watch many times.

C&EI shared Eric Berg's post: "From the back of a southbound C&EI train are these 2 views of St. Anne tower and union depot (C&EI/Big 4), ca. 1935. John W. Barriger III photos."

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Gary Sams posted

Bill Molony posted
This is the joint New York Central - Chicago & Eastern Illinois station at St. Anne, Illinois as it looked on December 1, 1955.
The track on the left is the NYC's and the track on the right is the C&EI's.
Although it was a joint station, there was a bay window on each side of it and separate agents to man each bay window.
William Shapotkin A number of (what we would call) "joint stations" had different agents and/or waiting rooms, baggage facilities, etc. Linden, IN (the depot still stands and is a museum) was that way. At one time, the C&EI/MC had such a facility in Chicago Heights, IL.

Eric Berg commented on Bill's post
1912

Gary Sams posted

Gary Sams posted
Postcard postmarked Sep 13, 1912

Gary Sams posted
[Note the boxcars and grain elevator on the right.]

Mark Hinsdale posted

Andy Zukowski posted
Union Depot at Saint Anne, Illinois. This Depot served the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Big Four (New York Central) Railroads. C. R. Childs photograph.  C.1912
Richard Fiedler shared

Bob Kalal commented on Andy's post
this is not my photo, 1912

Bob Kalal commented on Andy's post
this is not my photo/ looking north

Bob Kalal commented on Andy's post
this is not my photo/ looking south

Andy Zukowski posted
Union Depot at Saint Anne, Illinois. 1912.     Photo taken by C.R. Childs

Larry Candilas commented on Andy's post

C&EI crossing NYC Big Four Kankakee to Indy line

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
To be clear, you have circled the junction tower. This 1961 aerial shows that the depot was in the south quadrant of the crossing.

Max Larkey posted
Great picture from the past!

Bill Edrington: That was an unusual-looking depot. Surprised it was still standing in 1968. Maybe the C&EI still used it.

Max Larkey: Bill Edrington yes