Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Westfield, IL: Lost/Danville, Olney & Ohio River Depot

(Satellite, if my guess is correct, only the foundation slab was left by 1939.)

Michael J. Samuel posted
There is little to no evidence that the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton RR ran along today's Route 49 in Coles and Clark Counties in Illinois.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Michael's post
I also think of Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton as a railroad in southwestern Ohio that was absorbed by the B&O. The 2005 SPV Map labels this route as DOOR: Danville, Olney & Ohio River. It was originally a 3' gauge railroad. It must have been abandoned during the depression because it does not show up on the oldest topo map that I could find, 1936. The slant of the south end of Archer Street, https://maps.app.goo.gl/mdYdRa1nghkmx8sHA, and the tree line to the west of Archer are some traces of the railroad. 1939 Aerial Photo

The town's grain elevator is rather big. Especially since it hasn't had rail service for almost a century.
Satellite

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