The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Bradbury or Pageville, Illinois(elevation 610')
 Mile Post:  133.2
 Previous Station:  Janesville
 Next Station:  Toledo
 Description:  Just north of Bradbury is as far as where the last glacier made it.  Therefore there was a significant hill on the line north of there that often required trains to double the hill.  A depot was built here in 1892, but burned on March 21st, 1908.  In 1909 a depot converted from a car body was used to replaced it.  This also doubled as the freight house.
 Photos:  Right of Way
 Date Reached:  1877
 Track Status:  Closed on August 1st, 1982 and removed in later that year.
 RR Facilities:

 Coal House (8' x 5' x 6') - destroyed by fire 03/21/1908

 Coal House (35' x 8') - former car body - placed here in 1909 - (listed here in 1916)

 Wood Depot (16' x 30' x 12') - built 1892 - destroyed by fire 03/21/1908

 Wood Depot (35' x 9') - former car body - placed here in 1909 - (listed here in 1916)

 Freight House (35' x 9') - former car body - placed here in 1909 - (listed here in 1916)

 Livestock Pen (33' x 32') - (listed here in 1900)

 (3) Livestock Pens (34' x 24') each - (listed here in 1916)

 2 Sidings - (listed here in 1944)

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 Last Updated:  01/28/2012

 

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