Tower: (Satellite, it is gone. Railroad Ave. has been added to take advantage of the abandoned NKP.)
The abandoned straight east/west route through town was the Big Four. The existing route was the NKP(Cloverleaf) and is now the Eastern Illinois.
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| Nikki Burgess posted An Eastern Illinois Railroad train trundles past the depot in Charleston, Illinois in July of 2014. This was once an NKP branch. Interestingly, the NKP freight house still stands nearby this location and in 2014 was still in use to store rail-delivered freight, in this case, lumber for the local yard. Pretty cool. Dave Hyer It was once the Nickel Plate's mainline to St. Louis, not a branch. Nikki Burgess Thank you for the clarification. Brian Carlson Sweet!!! EIRC doesn't get much press... Nikki Burgess My one big day on the line. Otherwise I've only got them dinking around at Neoga a couple of times. |
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| Paul Jevert posted |
I noticed the wood grain elevator in the right background that has been expanded with metal bins. There is still an elevator at that location, but it has been significantly upgraded.
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| Ryan Ellington posted Charleston Illinois Aaron Grace shared Tower and one of the rail lines [NKP(Cloverleaf)] gone. |
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| Bob Kalal commented on Ryan's post |
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| EarthExplorer: Apr 20, 1956 @ 60,000; ARA550330050498 |
The Nickel Plate crossed the New York Central (Big Four), not the Pennsylvania.
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