The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Browns, Illinois(elevation 402') - Telegraph: BN
 Mile Post:  205.1
 Previous Station:  Bone Gap
 Next Station:  Siegert
 Description:  There was once a significant joint depot with the Southern Railway located at Browns.  Probably the largest on the PD&E between Mattoon and Evansville.
 Photos:  Right of Way
 Date Reached:  1881
 Track Status:  Part of the track to the south of Browns is still in place.  As of 2005, the Browns, Grayville and Poseyville Railway plans to put the rail back in between Browns and Poseyville.
 RR Facilities:

 One Story Wood Union Depot

 Siding

 Tool House - (listed here in 1944)

 Southern Railway Interchange

 Customers:  Custom Farm - later Chemical Fertilizer Company
 Last Updated:  09/14/2006

 

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