Prep Plant and Rail Loadout: (Satellite)
First Depot: (Satellite)
The mine was served by EVWR/L&N. EVWR = Evansville & Western Railroad
This is the address on the sign below.
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| Street View, Sep 2008 |
Christie Trout posted five photos with the comment: "'DRAIL' locking the gate for the final time."
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Christie's post According to the key, CRP = "Checkerboard Room and Pillar; evenly spaced large pillars" |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Christie's post |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Christie's post The shaft that was just closed was Mine #2 (1040). There was about a mile long conveyor that moved the coal to the rail loadout facility for Mine #1 (1000). The railroad was L&N, and it is now Evansville & Western Railroad (EVWR). https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0676367,-88.0940586,2446m/data=!3m1!1e3 The prep plant had a throughput capacity of 1,000 tons of raw coal an hour. https://www.gem.wiki/Pattiki_Mine |
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| CourierPress, ARLP (Alliance Resource Partners, the parent company) The mine had already closed in 2016. At that time, it employed 300 workers. "Remaining coal reserves as of December 31 of 2015 were estimated at 54.6 million tons." |
A vertical conveyor was used to bring the coal out of the mine. "The Pattiki mine produces high-sulfur coal from the Illinois No. 6 coal seam utilizing continuous mining units and room-and-pillar techniques. Production from the Pattiki mine averaged approximately 220,000 tons per month during the first quarter of 2010." [sec]
L&N+Big Four Union Depots and L&N Railroad Scenes
Brian Vieck posted three photos with the comment:
I have more from Carmi, IL in 1979!The 2nd photo of the depot was scanned in reverse. I included the 3rd photo as it has the L&N Customer Service van in the background.From the Alan K. House collection.
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| David Cantrell commented on the above post Built around 1912. Similar size to Mt. Vernon. |
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| Brian Vieck posted Mary N Bob Hawk: is this one on corner of 3rd and Fackney streets down from where the lumber yard is now..looks like the carmi lumber in the background on the left. |
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| David Cantrell commented on the above post This was next to the water tower at 1st. The first union depot was at 3rd street and looked like this: |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in Carmi, Illinois. 1908 Bill Edrington: The Big Four (CCC&StL) Cairo Division also used this depot, and that’s why there are two train order boards in front of the building. In fact, that’s a southbound Big Four train in the photo, led by Class Cx 4-4-0 #7054. Richard Fiedler shared Roy Vombrack: Was this a special occasion? |
I was surprised when David said "union depot" because I saw only one railroad in town. This topo map explains the mystery. The L&N paralleded the Big Four's Egyptian Line through town. This allowed them to share the bridge over the Little Wabash River.
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| 1943 Carmi Quad @ 62,500 |
It looks like this 1938 aerial photos caught both of the depots.
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| 1938 Aerail Photo from ILHAP |
Brian Vieck posted two photos with the comment:
A couple non train scenes of L&N rails at Carmi, IL.In the snow photo the NYC tracks are on the right.Both photos are looking east.c. 1980Photos by the late Alan K. House.
Travis Payne: When I started, we rarely went past Epworth. Now we have fairly steady business from Evansville to Mcleansboro. It's cool to see how much we've grown.
Thomas Kick: that was the switch/spot tamper that I was foreman on back then Dean Cocke was the operator and a damn good one.
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| 2 Dennis DeBruler shared Carmi, IL: Evansville & Western/L&N tracks on the left and Abandoned/Big Four Egyptian Line tracks on the right. |
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| 1943 Carmi Quad @ 62,500 |
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| Brian Vieck posted April, 1980. Making a weld at Carmi, IL From the late Alan K. House collection. Mark Rickert: Looking at the soup that is the roadbed, welded rail seems like it should have been the least of the worries. |
Brian Vieck posted two photos with the comment:
April, 1981L&N Scale Test Car at Carmi, IL.August, 1979Travelin' Tom car at Carmi, IL. Anyone know why this car was named as such and what it's purpose was?Alan K House collection
[Some comments indicate that "Travelin' Tom" was a scale test car for the coal mines in the area. No one knew why it was "Tom."]
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| Brian Vieck posted 1979 photo by the late Alan House. Westbound L&N track geometry "car" at Carmi, IL on the L&N line from St Louis to Evansville, IN. The track on the far right was the NYC Egyptian line that ran north/south. The two roads shared the bridge over the Little Wabash River at Carmi and was how the two lines crossed each other hence the reason for the parallel trackage in this area. |
Brian Vieck posted two photos with the comment: "Track work at Carmi, IL. The old NYC line is to the far left in the first photo nearest the Depot. First photo is looking west and second photo is looking east toward the Little Wabash River bridge.
Date unknown.
Alan K. House collection."
[So the Egyptian Line was south of the L&N through town.]
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The depot was in the southwest quadrant of the tracks and 1st Street.
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| 1974 Carmi Quad @ 24,000 |
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