ABANDONED RAILROADS
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Carbondale District
FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1872 by Carbondale & Shawneetown Railroad (Carbondale-Marion)
CONSTRUCTED 1889 by St. Louis Alton & Terre Haute Railroad (Marion-Paducah)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1940's
ABANDONED 1981
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Carbondale to Paducah
Distance is from St. Louis
---- North Yard
---- East Wye
93.5 Seely
97.3 Carterville
99.5 Ordill
106.0 Marion
107.0 Mande
111.0 New Dennison
----- Paducah
1 track, unsignaled.
Johnston City District
FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1895
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1930's
ABANDONED by 1980's
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Seely to Johnston City
Distance is from Carbondale
5.5 Seely
6.8 Cambria
11.3 Herrin Jct.
12.0 Herrin
---- Johnston City
1 track, unsignaled.
Zeigler District
FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1903
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1930's/mixed train
ABANDONED around 1990's
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Christopher to Herrin
Distance is from St. Louis
82.0 Christopher
85.7 Mitchell
86.3 Zeigler Yard
88.8 Lake Creek
90.8 Weaver
94.0 Herrin Jet.
---- Herrin
0.0 Mitchell
5.4 Royalton
1 track, unsignaled.
Golconda District
FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1902
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1940's
ABANDONED 1983
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Reevesville to Rosiclare
Distance is from unknown
140.0 Reevesville
145.6 Brownfield
149.0 Homberg
153.9 Golconda
160.7 Shelterville
164.1 Rosiclare
1 track, unsignaled.