ABANDONED RAILROADS

ILLINOIS CENTRAL

Springfield District

FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1887-1893
ABS installed 1915-1919
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Green Diamond/1968
ABANDONED 1982

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from Springfield to St. Louis
Distance is from Chicago

217.5 Farmersville
221.9 Waggoner
233.3 North Litchfield (Wabash crossing)
235.9 Litchfield (CB&Q crossing)
244.0 Mount Olive
256.7 Alhambra (NKP crossing)
264.0 Marine
272.6 Mont
276.0 Glen Carbon
276.3 Glen

1 track, timetable and train order operation in use with automatic block signals. Trackage rights via Chicago & North Western from Glen to Madison, and via Illinois Terminal from Madison to Bridge Jct.


CLASSIC TRACK DIAGRAMS

Track diagram as the line existed in the 1940's.


INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.