ABANDONED RAILROADS

NEW YORK CENTRAL

Illinois Division Old Line

FORMERLY New York Central Railroad (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railway)
CONSTRUCTED 1856 by Terre Haute & Alton Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1940's/mixed train
ABANDONED 1965 (Litchfield-East Alton)
ABANDONED 1973 (Hillsboro-Litchfield)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Hillsboro to Alton
Distance is from Indianapolis

194.2 Hillsboro
199.2 Butler
207.0 Litchfield
211.7 Hornsby
215.0 C&NW Crossing
216.5 Gillespie
221.3 Dorchester
225.9 Bunker Hill
231.5 Dorsey
235.2 Moro
236.7 Bethalto
241.2 East Alton
244.4 Washington St.
245.3 Alton

1 track, unsignaled.


INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.