The town has two names: Timewell and Mound Station.
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| Street View, Aug 2024 |
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| Thomas Scoville posted The Meredosia Branch depot at Timewell, Illinois on February 4, 2023. Thomas Dyrek photo. Fred Hilgenberg: "The Meredosia Branch depot at Timewell, Illinois" Who's branch? Where is Timewell? It doesn't show on current maps (Google search brought me to Mounds, IL for some reason. Richard Fiedler: Fred Hilgenberg west central Illinois on Wabash’s branch that ran from Bluffs IL to Quincy and Keokuk IA. Mounds Station and Timewell are one and the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Station,_Illinois |
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| Fred Hilgenberg commented on Richard's comment Found it on a 1954 timetable |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's comment It was between Clayton and Mt. Sterling on this 1888 map excerpt. So it was on the branch that needed to use a steam locomotive because diesels were too heavy to use the bridge across the Illinois River. The full map is available on https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/12/wabash-railroad.html. Richard Fiedler: Dennis DeBruler yes, we’re writing about the same line. The ancient iron bridge at Meridosia couldn’t handle even an SW diesel so they kept the moguls alive until the Wabash leased a GE 44 tonner from the Pennsylvania. |
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| 1949/49 Augusta Quad @ 62,500 |
The depot used to look even worse.
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| Street View, May 2012 |
The town's grain elevator is rather typical for a Midwest town that lost its rail service a long time ago.
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| Street View, Aug 2024 |
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