Tower: (
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Wabash Depot: (
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The Wabash was the mainline from Detroit to St. Louis and still exists as Norfolk Southern. Since the B&O was a little branch that meandered its way south from Beardstown, IL, to southern Illinois, I assume that the double track route was the Wabash. The Chicago & Illinois Midland went left from Taylorville.
As expected,
the B&O route is gone, but the RoW still exists on the east side of town as the Lincoln Prairie Trail. The Illinois road map now labels the C&IM route as IMRR. This route used to join the B&O on the northwest side of town. Now it turns south on the west side of town and then east on the south side of town to join the Wabash south of the town.
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Dave Durham posted, cropped
While in Taylorville today, I stopped by the Public Library looking for rail photos and found one I've been trying to get for a long time; B&O/Wabash Interlocking, tower and track workers. This picture came from a calendar printed by First National Bank, unknown photographer.
Richard Fiedler shared
Bill Molony shared |
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Dave Durham commented on his post
Partial Sanborn map |
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Larry Candilas commented on Dave's post
1972 track chart |
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| 1925/25 Taylorville Quad @ 62,500 |
Junction Tower
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Bill Crisp posted
It's a B&O train but it's passing the Wabash tower in Taylorville. |
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Gary Sams shared
Wabash-B&O crossing from the rear of Wabash passenger train Taylorville, Illinois 1937 J Barringer III photo Joe Collias collection sent to me from Joe Collias
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The tower is on the north side of the junction, which confirms that the double track in the photo was the Wabash. (The tower does not show up as much, but the shadow does.)
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At aerial photo resolution
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B&O Depot and Freight House
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Gary Sams shared
Taylorville, Illinois B&O passenger Depot Bregstone postcard |
Dave Durham
posted three photos with the comment: "More B&O in Taylorville, from a First National Bank calendar photo collection; unknown photographers."
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Gary Sams shared
Taylorville, Illinois B&O freight depot water tower and grocery store |
The B&O route must have been the first railroad in the area because it is closest to the downtown area. I included the courthouse square to help correlate this view with satellite maps. We have two rectangles that are candidates for the railroad buildings because they are parallel to the tracks. They are a block East of the courthouse and a 1.5 blocks North. (The buildings on the east side are for a
grain elevator.) I think the building just west of Walnut Street on the south side of the tracks is the depot because it is marked on the topo map. Cartographers typically mark depots, but not freight houses. And the building just east of Main Street and north of the tracks is the freight house. Evidently the water tower in the background of the freight house photo was moved to make room for a bigger fire department building.
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At aerial photo resolution
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Wabash Depot
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Andy Zukowski posted
Wabash Railroad Depot in Taylorville, Illinois.
Bill Molony shared
[Some comments imply a build date of 19]
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I include the aerial photo anyhow even though it is extant to show how long the concrete platform used to be. The street along the left side is Webster Street.
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At aerial photo resolution
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Dave Durham
posted four photos with the comment: "4 Wabash RR photos from the same First National Bank calendar, unknown photographers."
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