Hume, IL: Lost/B&O/CH&D Depot and ADM Grain Elevator

(Satellite, It was south of the tracks and at the foot of East Street.)

CH&D = Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, Railway

Andy Zukowski posted
B&O Railroad Depot in Hume, Illinois

Carter B Morris Sr.: Old ID&W

Nancy Hogan: Carter B Morris Sr. ID &W stood for?

Carter B Morris Sr.: Indianapolis, Decatur & Western, later Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western, then in 1920 or so, B&O

Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
This 1938 aerial photo shows that the depot was at the foot of East Street. And the original grain elevator was about a block west of the depot. The railroad that went by on the west side of town was abandoned before 1956. It doesn't even show up as a former RR grade on a 1956 topo map.

Andy Zukowski posted
1908 view of the old wooden Railroad Depot in Hume, Illinois.

Bryan Wyrich: What is the C.H&D railroad?

Richard Fiedler shared

Chris Elston commented on Bryan's comment

Bryan Wyrich: Chris Elston so prior to it being B&O.

What was the north south railroad through Hume?

 

Chris Elston commented on Bryan's second comment
[The north/south line was the Danville, Olney & Ohio River. Some comments provide more information about this railroad.]

Mike Roegner commented on Andy's post
This map is from Wikipedia. The red line is the Danville, Olney & Ohio River RR. The horizontal line barely visible above Western/Front St. is the B&O, and where they cross is where the station was. The Danville, Olney RR didn't make it to Danville. Sidell is as far north as they got.

 

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
The oldest topo map I could find for this town was 1953, and the north/south route was already gone. 1953/53 Indianapolis Quad @ 250,000

Satellite

Grain elevators being allowed to build a conveyor over a Class I railroad is becoming more common. This elevator not only has a conveyor over the tracks, but it is also rather low.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Carter's second comment
Who owns it now? While checking out the conveyor over the tracks, I noticed a fall protector in this view. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/H2m9RUnSgE2dS9wA7). That means this elevator is rail served, but the siding is way too short to handle a unit train. CSX generally won't serve a grain elevator unless they can quickly load a unit train. So I assume this route is now owned by a shortline.

Carter B Morris Sr.: Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI)

The fall protector was in the shadows of the current satellite image, so I fired up Google Earth and found an image that clearly shows that this elevator is rail served.

Google Earth, Dec 2022