HR&E = Havana, Rantoul & Eastern
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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Fisher, Illinois 1940’s |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Illinois Central Depot at Fisher, Illinois. 1966 The Depot at Fisher, which was on the IC's Leroy to Potomac branch view is looking east. This branch never saw that much traffic and was torn up by the ICG in 1980/1981. A couple miles in the distance however a small stretch still survives between Dewey and Rantoul to serve the grain elevator at Dewey. Photo from the Barry Lennon Collection Fred Hilgenberg: Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal RR indeed runs from Dewey to Rantoul, IL, sometimes with a caboose. I don't know when it was cut back from Fisher itself, but I suspect maybe an issue with the bridge over a branch of the Sangamon River may have been the final nail in the coffin. At one time they had an SW900 end cab switcher at Dewey, but later got a GP28 and the SW went to Thomasboro, IL. I believe the elevator owner merged with a few others to become Premier Cooperative. |
The town has grown significantly since the 1950s. That is not true for a lot of small Illinois towns.
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| 1957/58 Gibson City Quad @ 62,500 |
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| 1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
Because of the long building behind the depot in Andy's photo, I think it was the rectangle across the tracks from Broadway Street. It looks like it had a house track.
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| Digitally Zoomed |
The industrial building is now The Feed Mill On Front, a wedding venue. Considering the aerial photo shows 2 or 3 grain elevators, today's elevator is not very big. Were all of those white dots in the aerial photo grain bins?
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| Street View, Sep 2024 |
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| Photo, Jul 2023 |
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