Thursday, October 30, 2025

Martinsville, IL: Pennsy (Vandalia) Depot and Marathon Tank Farm

Depot: (Satellite)
Tank Farm: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Vandalia Railroad Depot in Martinsville, Illinois.  C1910
Richard Fiedler: It was uncommon for depots to have living quarters for the agent’s family upstairs in Illinois.
Paul Brewer: Still stands as a museum, though perhaps not in the original location.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP
Dennis DeBruler commented on Paul's comment
 I think this is the original location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9i9MiYso2dE7ftUB8. Where is the current location?

The tank farm used to cover a lot more land.
1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This grain elevator implies that there was another railroad in town on a north/south route.
Satellite

But I could not find such a railroad on the oldest topo map I could find. Nor on my 1928 Railroad Atlas.
1936/36 Casey Quad @ 48,000

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