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| Paul Echols posted Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower--Ullin, IL circa 1935. Pictured is Charlotte Holcomb Kraatz and her brother Howard Holcomb of Ullin. Paul Echols reposted |
Looking at a satellite image, the C&EI route is abandoned, but the IC depot still stands. In fact, they had preserved a caboose.
A streetview indicates the depot is now the village hall and library. Another streetview shows the caboose has been removed. Maybe it was removed to be restored because an April 2016 Google Photo shows it exists, and it looks like it has a fresh paint job.
I could not find the water tower on a 1938 aerial photo, but I did notice that the C&EI had a bridge over the IC.
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I could not find the water tower on a 1938 aerial photo, but I did notice that the C&EI had a bridge over the IC.
Update:
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| Jennie Lynn Moore posted Stumbled upon this old restored depot and caboose in Ullin, Illinois last week! I’m a local blogger and I wrote an article on its history. If you’d like to read, click https://msha.ke/jukeboxjennie and select “The Diary of Jukebox Jennie Blog”! I will be doing another article on the depot in Tamms as well soon! (Delete if not allowed) Dennis DeBruler: I'm saving a link to the Ullin post because eventually that post will get buried by new posts in the blog. https://thediaryofjukeboxjennie.blogspot.com/2023/11/ullin-illinois-historic-depots.html |
This topo map does not include the depot.
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| 1923 Dongola Quad @ 62,500 |
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| Street View, Jul 2019 |
I tried the other available view to avoid a rainy day, but the caboose didn't exist.
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| Street View, Oct 2013 |
Jennie references this detailed history of the town.
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