The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Hartsburg, Illinois(elevation 601') - Telegraph: GS
 Mile Post:  36.2
 Previous Station:  Emden
 Next Station:  Bell
 Description:  Apparently named after David Harts who founded it in 1871.
 Photos:  Right of Way  Structures
 Date Reached:  By July 4th, 1871
 Track Status:  Still in place - .
 RR Facilities:

 Coal House (9'x12') - (listed here in 1916)

 One Story Wood Depot (18'x36'), built 1870, rebuilt 1906 - (listed here in 1944)

 Hand Car House (8'x14'), placed 1895 - built from a car body - (listed here in 1916)

 Stock Yards, built 1890 - (listed here in 1916)

 Tool House - (listed here in 1944)

 Customers:

 Hartsburg Grain

 Arco - later First Mississippi?

 Last Updated  02/09/2008

 

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