Pekin, IL: Aban/CR/Big4/Peoria & Eastern and Santa Fe Yard

(See below for satellite information)

The SantaFe Depot was on the north side of the yard and west of Capital Street.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The yard covered the three blocks between 2nd and 4th Streets north of the Pekin Park District Trail (Peoria Trail Extension) and south of the alley south of Caroline Street.

Satellite

Santa Fe used to parallel the P&E into downtown until it acquired trackage rights on the P&E and pulled up their track in the Spring of 1969 west of the East Yard Tower. [Harold and David comments on a posting by Roger]

Update:

Richard Fiedler commented on a posting
Alex Timmerman posted this map of the branch a while back

Paul D. Tincher commented on a post
Downtown Pekin also. Found on the internet, not sure who took it.
[Note the caboose for the local in the background.]

Paul D. Tincher commented on a post
Taken in the same yard by me as a kid. I thought it interesting that a P&E boxcar was in Pekin A) still in PC paint (well, this was around ‘77-‘78, so not that unusual) and B ) in a yard that was connected to the former P&E! My grandfather worked for the P&E back in the 50’s-early 60’s.