Friday, March 27, 2026

Carrollton, IL: Lost/GM&O/Litchfield, Carrolton & Western Depot

Litchfield, Carrolton & Western: (Satellite)
Other GM&O Route: (Satellite)

Lawrence Thomas posted
Looking for photos of the stations on the former Litchfield, Carrollton & Western Ry - it eventually became part of the GM&O. Stations were Eldred, East Hardin, Carrollton, Carlinville and Greenfield, Illinois. Another depot was at Barnett. Carrollton depot view is below.
Richard Fiedler shared

Chicago & Alton ended up with two routes at this town. I found Eldred and Greenfield to determine that Lawrence is talking about the east/west route. The north/south route was owned by KCS in 2005, so it is probably CPKC today.
1926 Roodhouse, 1930 Pearl and 1932 Greenfield Quads @ 62,500

Possibility 1 at the top of these notes was probably Lawrence's photo because it is along the east/west route. I think whoever built the north/south route had their depot at Possibility 2.
1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

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