RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

DECATUR JUNCTION RAILWAY

FORMERLY Illinois Central Railroad
(Clinton District)
CONSTRUCTED 1855
ABS installed 1923 (Decatur-Maroa)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1930's/mixed train
ABANDONED 1980's (Centralia-Assumption)/(Decatur-Clinton)

Original Illinois Central main line. Milepost measurement is unusual in that it is distance from New Orleans. Even though this basis of measurement is not used south of Centralia.

Radio Frequency - 161.220 (AAR Channel 74)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is northward from Centralia to Clinton
Distance is from New Orleans

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

659.6 Centralia
662.0 Branch Jct.
665.6 Sandoval
670.1 Fairman
675.2 Patoka
678.8 Vernon
683.8 Shobonier
689.9 Vandalia
695.0 Vera
702.4 Ramsey
712.4 Oconee
719.7 Pana
725.1 Dunkel
728.2 End of Track
728.9 Assumption
734.0 Radford
736.4 Moweaqua
742.3 Macon
745.5 Elwin
750.0 Decatur Jct.
751.0 South Jct.
752.4 North Jct.
752.6 Decatur
758.6 Forsyth
761.2 Emery
765.2 Maroa
768.8 Ospur
772.7 Havana Dist. Jct.
773.3 Clinton

1 track, unsignaled.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.