IC: (Satellite)
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| Daryl Lunsford posted Chicago & Eastern IL Depot, Sullivan, IL 1910. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Daryl's post The Wabash paralleled the C&EI through town. 1940 Sullivan Quad @ 62,500 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Daryl's post You can tell the C&EI tracks because they have white ballast. Based on the topo map, I think the depot was just east of the mainline and below Monroe Street extended. [1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP The best resolution of the Federal photos was just 60,000.] |
IC Depot
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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Sullivan, Illinois. 1916 Photo by Williams. Rickey Ferguson: There were 3 lines in Sullivan that interlocked at the west edge of town: The Illinois Central (IC), running east/west; the Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI), running northeast/southwest; the Wabash, running north/south. Today, the Wabash tracks are long gone, but the IC is now the CN and the C&EI is now the UP. Both remaining lines are active and the CN line even has two local/active customers that receive regular rail service. |
And none of the railroads had depots close to the downtown.
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| 1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
I'm going with the long rectangle over by the crossing because I think the bright white line between the building and the tracks is the platform. And because I think the smokestack in the background of the photo was on the west side of today's Booker Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Electrical LLC building.
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| Digitally Zoomed |
I wonder what company built that building and what they made.
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| Street View, Nov 2015 |
The two CN customers are west of town. Supplying farmers with fertilizer is one of them.
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| Satellite |
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| Photo, Oct 2020 |
The grain elevator is tiny. So fertilizer supply is a lot bigger than grain storage in this town.
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| Satellite |
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