Saturday, October 21, 2017

Mattoon, IL: CN/IC/PD&E Roundhouse, Backshop and Yard

(Satellite)
Christian Goepel posted
Circa 1910 postcard view of the IC roundhouse, shop buildings, and yard at Mattoon, Illinois.

Raymond Storey posted a different copy of this postcard
I looked up and down the IC mainline, but I could not find anything that looked like this. Then the comments reminded my that the IC's Peoria, Decatur and Evansville went east/west through this town. In fact, the tracks from Peoria to the grain elevator southwest of town are still intact.

The land scar of the roundhouse and a shop building are still very visible.

Satellite
1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP
Much of the yard between the roundhouse and the IC mainline has been repurposed as a storage area for a company.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

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