Pennsy Depot: (Satellite, I believe a house has repurposed the land)
Tower: (see below for Satellite)
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| Jim Arvites posted View of the old Illinois Central Railroad passenger depot at Arcola, Illinois on July 27, 1991. The station, built in 1885, is a museum today. (Jim Arvites Photo) |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Arcola, Illinois. Richard Fiedler shared |
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| Richard Koenig commented on Andy's post Very close to the same angle: here’s a northbound train on the Illinois Central main line at Arcola, Illinois. Apropos of nothing, the date happens to be the eve of the Bicentennial. Image by Richard Koenig; taken July 3rd 1976. |
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| Roger Kujawa posted Arcola IL~Illinois Central Depot~Vandalia Railroad Station~Switch Tower~1909 B&W |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post The IC Depot is now used by the Chamber of Commerce. That makes it a lot easier to determine the location of the depot. Jonathan Fischer, Sep 2021 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post 1940 aerial https://prairie-research.maps.arcgis.com/.../index.html... |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post It appears that the tower (yellow T) was in the northeast quadrant of the crossing and the Pennsy depot land (blue D) is now occupied by a house. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6856066,-88.3002834,2580a,35y,5.09t/data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| 1940 Arcola Quad @ 62,500 |
CN must serve the grain elevator in this town because there is a yellow fall protector over the siding.
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| Street View, Dec 2022 |
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| David Gentry posted ICG with a coal drag (probably empties) headed south in Arcola, IL in 1975. Gotta love the orange & white. |
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| Facebook Reel [This was posted Mar 2026 and I was surprised that CN was still running the Death Star livery. Others were also. But Damien confirms this.] Damien Clark: Trains A407 & A408 typically have IC units on them traveling from Gary IN to Centralia, IL. |
A street view to confirm I have the correct location for the above reel.
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| Street View, May 2025 |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Vandalia Railroad Depot in Arcola, Illinois. 1911 Rickey Ferguson: Based on the looks of this depot, I can only assume that this depot and these tracks are from the abandoned tracks that ran east/west through Arcola. Can anyone confirm? Rickey Ferguson: Also, neither railroad running through Arcola ran to Vandalia - certainly not directly. It makes me wonder how to connect the dots. Any help would be appreciated. |
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| Andy commented on his post |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's comment I think this source is wrong. The east/west route was Pennsy, but not Vandalia. It looks like it was on the former Terre Haute and Peoria. https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../pennsys... |
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