ABANDONED RAILROADS
CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
Brazil Subdivision
FORMERLY Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1878 by Indiana Block Coal Railroad
PASSENGER SERVICE: limited history
ABANDONED 1977
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Otter Creek Jct. to Brazil
Distance is from Chicago
171.9 Otter Creek Jct.
175.0 Burnett
176.5 Burnett Siding
179.3 Dixie Line Mine
183.6 Brazil Clay Co.
184.6 Brazil
1 track, unsignaled.
Mt. Vernon Subdivision
FORMERLY Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
CONSTRUCTED 1877 by Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1940's/mixed train
ABANDONED 1987 (Mt. Vernon Jct.-Owensville)
ABANDONED 1998 (Owensville-Cynthiana)
ABANDONED 1982 (Cynthiana-Mt. Vernon)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is southward from Mt. Vernon Jct. to Mt. Vernon
Distance is from Chicago
265.4 Mt. Vernon Jct.
271.5 Owensville
277.4 Cynthiana
281.8 Poseyville
286.5 Wadesville
302.1 Mt. Vernon
1 track, unsignaled.
Past and present towers and interlockings.