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 Southern Railway Interchange Penstock - another stock pen(?) Sidings, one on the interchange track Stock Pen - (listed here in 1928) Tool House - (listed here in 1928 & 1944) Water Column - (listed here in 1928) Water Tank - (20'x30'), built 1913, 100,000 gallon capacity, (listed here in 1928) |
| Customers: | Custom Farm - later Chemical Fertilizer Company |
| Last Updated: | 08/09/2009 |