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.