Olney, IL: Aban/EVTL/ICG/IC/PD&E Street Running

(Satellite, it was on Kitchell Street between North and Butler Streets)

EVTL = Evansville Terminal Railroad

I was surprised to see street running because I have checked out the remnant of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville between CSX/B&O and the CBB Grain Elevator during several trips that I had made to Evansville. And there was no street running in that stretch. But looking at the adbandoned segment of the PD&E north of the CSX/B&O, it makes sense that it ran on Kitchell Street between North and Butler Streets.

Richard Koenig posted
Street Running in Olney, Illinois
Illinois Central line to Evansville, Indiana
We've got a GP18, with factory slant-nose, up front
One image by Richard Koenig; taken mid- to late-1970s
Kam Miller Back when the line still ran, I was in Olney at night while it was snowing. Just beyond the Elks there, the street portion ends and the tracks are above the roadway. I rode right up the tracks, with a train coming. Fortunately, the Elks was in session and they all poured out to help lift my car (A Duster) off the tracks.
Richard Koenig commented on a post
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First factory low noses by EMD I believe; love the one-piece windshield.
Richard Koenig posted
Olney, Illinois—this was taken along the Illinois Central between Mattoon, Illinois, and Evansville, Indiana. That's a low-nose GP18 on point. Image by Richard Koenig; taken 1980.

A street view does show that the center of the road has a different "pavement history" than the sides of the road.

Street View

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Dennis DeBruler posted about the street running.