Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Gibson City, IL: Wabash Depot

Norfolk & Western abandoned the Wabash route south of Chicagoland to Gibson City. According to my 2005 SPV Map, the segment between Risk, IL and Gibson City is owned by BLOL = Bloomers Shipping Connecting Railroad
Richard Fiedler commented on Robert's posting
1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP
I picked the building based on the water tank to the east.
The building to the north of the depot was probably their freight house. It appears that area has been rebuilt by BLOL as an engine servicing facility.

Satellite

Raymond Story posted
[There are some comments about the order boards, but I don't understand them.]

Mike Breski posted
WAB, Gibson City, Illinois, 1958 Wabash Railroad southbound Banner Blue passenger train gets a wave from the operator at Gibson City, Illinois, on May 24, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-040-05
Dennis DeBruler: Not only does it show the train order signals, we can see the "iron man" with the two wheels to raise and lower the train hoops.



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