Mackinaw, IL: Illinois Terminal Mackinaw Junction and Depot

Junction: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Illinois Terminal Railroad at Mackinaw Jct. Near Mackinaw, Illinois. 1915
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Larry Candilas commented on Andy's post
A few years later

Even though it looks like the junction building could accommodate passengers, this location is far from downtown. So I looked on the aerial photo for a depot that is closer to town. Not only did it have a depot just east of Main Street, but it is also extant!

Street View, Jul 2023

Dennis DeBruler: The depot still stands just east of Main Street, https://maps.app.goo.gl/SXQzgKrLRR92WzMX7. The agent's bay window confirms that the tracks passed the depot on the north side.

Noah Haggerty posted two photos with the comment: "The former Illinois Terminal interurban station at Mackinaw, IL circa 1975, closed in 1953 with the tracks ripped out and with a new owner, the Illinois Power Company in the building. It still survives as a tea room today. John & Roger Kujawa Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection."

Connor Bounds: Sure is odd looking.

Tyson Park: Connor Bounds The porthole type openings were for wires as it had a dual function as a substation.

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Note the "white dot" in the left fork of the wye on the west side of town.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Note the black rectangle in the west fork of the wye. The IT paralleled the Big Four on the east side of town and the Pennsylvania on the west side of town. And it had a route that went south on the west side of town.

1932 Mackinaw Quad @ 62,500

Ross Brocksmith posted two images with the comment: 

Mackinaw Jct

5-15-38

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The vertical fixtures on the bright side of the building…electrical gear of some sort for this electrified rail system?

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Image Source/Credit: 

Ernest Grassel Collection

Only seen in-person in the Local History Collection

Downtown Branch of Peoria Public Library

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From Grassel’s volumes titled TRANSPORTATION

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