Coaler, IL: C&EI Coaling Tower

(Satellite, long gone)

Peter Zimmermann posted

Coaler Illinois:

Located about 80 miles south of Chicago on the old C&EI main line, coaler still exists today on the UP timetable with some yard tracks for local set outs by UP and CSX trains that ply the main line today, the coaling facility is long gone.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The siding to the north actually had cars set out. Here is the longest cut on that siding.

Satellite

Thomas Dorman commented on my posting:
It looks like the timber coaling station was replaced by a reinforced concrete one at some time. https://historicaerials.com/.../-87.73315250873566/1963/18