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 at about the time that the PL&D came through.. |
| Photos: | Right of Way Structures |
| Date Reached: | By July 4th, 1871 |
| Track Status: | Still in place - . |
| RR Facilities: |
Coal House (12' x 9') - built 1906 - (listed here in 1916) Wood Depot (36' x 18') - built 1870, rebuilt 1906 - (listed here in 1944) Hand Car House (14' x 8') - placed here in 1895 - half car body - (listed here in 1916) Livestock Pen - built 1890 (3) Livestock Pens (107' x 30') overall - built 1913 - (listed here in 1916) Tool House - (listed here in 1944) |
| Customers: |
Hartsburg Grain Arco - later First Mississippi? |
| Last Updated | 02/05/2012 |