Blomington, IL: Big Four/Peoria & Eastern Freight House

(3D Satellite) It still has the two-story office and the one-story freight handling part including several of the big freight doors.

Mike Sypult posted
As a teenager, I managed to shoot this building in Bloomington during a family visit in 1978.
Ned Carlson shared
Big Four ghost sign in Bloomington, IL next to Main St bridge. Building is still there albeit repainted and missing the stairway to the bridge.

Mike Cavitt commented on Ned's posting
There taking out the remaining P&E tracks from se Bloomington on east this summer. As far as I know NS is retaining ownership of the right of way, but its gonna be a bike trail and their running fiber optics along it. This line is about 1000ft from my house.

It amazes me where the Street View driver sometimes goes. I'm glad at least some of the drivers appreciate the old buildings. I included the crane to note that AMPCO-BLM is maintaining the building. The Constitution Trail that is a little bit to the north was the P&E RoW. The tracks that still exist next to the Trail is NS/NKP/LEW.

Street View

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP with Main Street running down the center