Thursday, April 19, 2018

Lawrenceville, IL: CSX/B&O Depot & Aban/PC/Big4(Egyptian) Junction and NYC Yard Office

B&O Depot: (Satellite, it was in the northwest quadrant.)
NYC Depot: (Satellite, it is now a laundromat.)
NYC Yard Office: (Satellite, based on the aerial photo below.)

Rex Settlemoir posted
This is the Baltimore and Ohio depot at Lawrenceville, Illinois, located at the crossing where the Big 4 Cairo Line crossed the B & O St. Louis Line. Notice the extended corner of the depot, where the B & O operator controlled the Big 4 crossing, in lieu of a separate tower structure.

I can't get a 3/4 view of the bay window of the NYC depot because of  the furniture store. Actually, what we see is a rusted air conditioner unit rather than the bay window.
Street View, Jul 2023

Andy Zukowski posted
The Big Four (NYC) yard office at Lawrenceville Junction. It sat just north of the B&O crossing on the east side of the track.
The Big Four passenger Depot and Freight House were north of here.
Bill Edrington: This was actually the Big Four (NYC) yard office at Lawrenceville Junction. It sat just north of the B&O crossing on the east side of the track. The Big Four passenger depot and freight house were north of here, in the main part of town. The passenger depot, now largely surrounded by Cannon’s Furniture buildings, still stands north of Lexington Avenue and now houses a laundromat.
Richard Fiedler shared

1938 Aerial Photo from IHLAP

About the only left from the refinery and tank farm is a superfund site and some circles. This map marks the location of the B&O depot, but not the NYC depot.
1965/66 Lawrenceville Quad @ 24,000



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