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Matt Davis
posted five photos with the comment:
Back in August of 1924, one of the elevators in Newman, IL (along the Indy Division) caught fire. The fire spread from the elevator, to the boxcars spotted alongside, then to the depot. All the buildings were a total loss, and this fire occurred well before Newman had an established fire department. A new depot was built, which lasted into the 70s before being demolished.
My great-grandpa took these photos, which still reside in the family albums.
Chad Quick: Photos of the line from Indianapolis to Decatur (and west) are extremely rare from any time period.
David Cantrell
shared with the comment: "Newman, IL elevator fire that also destroyed B&O Indy division depot from Matt Davis collection."
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This map implies that the depot was north of the tracks and between King and Broadway Streets.
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| 1956/56 Newman Quad @ 62,500 |
But this aerial indicates that the above map is wrong. It was north of the mainline between Hopkins and King streets.
There was a house track north of the depot and that was the siding for the grain elevator.
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Newman was on the route between Indianapolis and Beardstown.
Note in Photo 4 above that there was another grain elevator east of the depot. There must have been another one west of the depot because the town still has two elevator complexes.
Make that "had two elevator complexes" because this view from King Street shows that the eastern complex is gone. The remaining one is rail served. ["Route: The DREI line runs between Decatur, Illinois, and Montezuma, Indiana. In Newman, the railroad services a local grain facility." from Google search: "newman il rail service."] That was a rather modern looking elevator to have been removed. Did they disassemble it and reuse it in another town?
It gets rail service because the line is now owned by a shortline rather than CSX.
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DREI
Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad |
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