White Heath, IL: Dilapidated/IC Depot

(Satellite)

Note the angle of the chimney.

Street View, Sep 2024

Hoah Haggerty posted

Here is the depot at White Heath, IL taken on August 21, 2011. The town was a junction point for the Illinois Central between Decatur and Champaign, including a branch-off towards Havana. The ICG filed for abandonment over the line in 1987, with both the depot and tracks being sold off to different entities.

Cut to today, the wooden depot still stands in a dilapidated state -- likely seeing either a dismantle or collapse within the next few years. The tracks were purchased by the Monticello Railway Museum greatly expanding their trackage and typically used for storage.

Kirk Reynolds Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection.

Hoah Haggerty posted five photos with the comment:

Maybe semi-abandoned?

The Illinois Central at White Heath, IL still stands on June 8, 2024. While the tracks are now owned by the Monticello Railway Museum mainly for storage, the depot is privately owned and will probably see the end in a few years. The wood structure also bears the names of Chicago and Havana, along with their distances, but it can't be read easily now.

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