Lincoln, IL: Athol (JN) Tower: UP/MoPac/GM&O/Alton vs CN/IC/PD&E vs Aban/IT/ITS

(Satellite, the tower is long gone)

About a third of the way down on the right is the tower building.

See Stetson China for credit information for the photo
 Color code convention: red for the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville branch of the IC, yellow for the GM&O, and blue for the Illinois Terminal.

Steven Kent posted five photos with the intended comment: "JN Tower Lincoln, Illinois."

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Steven Kent posted

Peter Zimmermann posted

Old postcard view of the interlocking tower and Illinois Central station. The IC line was originally the Peoria Decatur & Eastern Railroad, they crossed the Chicago & Alton Railroad main line here as well as the main line of the Illinois Traction System[later Illinois Terminal RR] also crossed here.

The IT and Illinois Central line are now abandoned, the latter by ICG in the 1980's. The C&A main line is now the Springfield subdivision of the Union Pacific which primarily sees Amtrak trains between Chicago & Saint Louis.

Dennis DeBruler The PD&E is probably my favorite ghost railroad because I used to take IL-130 to Evansville rather regularly. http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../peoria-decatur...Dennis DeBruler Posts about aspects of the abandoned PD&E: https://towns-and-nature.blogspot.com/search/label/abanPDaE

Roger Kujawa posted

Passenger Depot Illinois Central Railroad Lincoln, Ill postcard P.D.E Division

Roger Kujawa shared
David Thompson: 

This crossing was known as "Athol" on the C&A / GM&O.

Mark Barnett posted
Illinois Terminal southbound Streamliner at Athol tower in Lincoln. No date, from my collection.
Tim Shanahan shared

Larry Candilas commented on Mark's post
NE side of town; here's what it looked like in 1957

Mark Barnett posted
Illinois Terminal ROW looking east towards Athol tower 3/11/1955. Paul Stringham photo  from my collection.

Tom Ratsch commented on Mark's photo
Here is a photo of George Fehl's drawing of Lincoln IL that may help. For those who did not of George, he walked the entire IT line and created these "track plans."

Mark Barnett posted
Looking northwest at Athol in Lincoln with a southbound Streamliner crossing the GM&O. No date, from my collection .
[Just one signalling pipeline is left.]