ABANDONED RAILROADS

NEW YORK CENTRAL

Cairo Branch

FORMERLY New York Central Railroad (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railway)
CONSTRUCTED 1875-1876 by Danville & Southwestern Railroad (Midland-St. Francisville)
CONSTRUCTED 1872-1874 by Cairo & Vincennes Railroad (St. Francisville-Cairo)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1940's/mixed train (Harrisburg-Cairo)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1957 (Midland-Harrisburg)
NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976 (Midland-Lawrenceville)
ABANDONED 1982 (Lawrenceville-Cairo)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from Midland to Cairo
Distance is from Danville

37.4 Midland
45.5 Oliver
52.7 Marshall
58.2 Ernst
60.6 Snyder
63.4 Walnut Prairie
65.1 West Union
68.2 West York
70.5 Dock
71.0 North Hutsonville
72.4 Hutsonville
76.3 Trimble
80.9 Robinson
81.2 Owen
85.0 Duncanville
86.3 Dunn
89.1 Flatrock
93.5 Birds
96.5 Pinkstaff
101.2 Lawrenceville
102.0 Lawrenceville Jct.
106.3 Billet
111.4 St. Francisville
116.9 Allendale
120.7 Patton
124.5 Cherry
125.5 Mt. Carmel
126.3 TJ
127.4 YD
132.6 Keensburg
137.5 Cowling
141.6 Grays
142.4 Grayville
146.3 Calvin
147.6 Warren
150.4 Crossville
154.4 Simpson
157.8 Carmi
169.8 Norris City
173.8 Gosset
177.7 Texas City
182.9 Eldorado
183.3 Eldorado (IC connection)
188.7 Harrisburg Yard
190.4 Harrisburg
194.2 Ledford
197.4 Carrier Mills
203.9 Stoneport
208.4 New Burnside
210.2 Parker
214.6 Tunnel Hill
224.2 Vienna
229.8 Forman
231.9 Belknap
234.7 Karnak
238.6 Grand Chain
244.8 Olmsted
252.7 Mound City
259.4 Cairo Yard
260.4 Cairo

1 track, unsignaled.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.