Worden, IL: Worden Coal Mine

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Jim Yasinski posted
Worden, Illinois Coal Mine

Worden Quad

Indexes 2801-03 all had the name "Worden" in their corporate history.

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But I think the dates of Index 453 are more consistent with the photo. This map marks the remains of 453 and 2799 as "mine dump." A contemporary map shows that UP now owns the NYC route. This surprised me, so I dug into it. NYC was the Big Four. And the Big Four and C&EI shared this route. Of course, the C&NW used to be the Litchfield & Madison Railway. The abandoned C&NW, along with the abandoned Illinois Terminal south of town, is now the Madison County Transit Quercus Grove Trail.

1954 Worden Quad @ 24,000

The buildings were removed by 1941, but there was still a lot of work to do before it was a park.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP