The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Hume, Illinois(elevation 651') - Telegraph: HU
 Mile Post:  8.2
 Previous Station:  Jessie
 Next Station:  Hughes Switch
 Description:  Was platted in 1837.  Not far to the Northeast was siding named "Cecil".  The Indiana and Illinois Central Railway reached Hume first.
 Photos:  Right of Way  Structures
 Date Reached:  By September 1881.
 Track Status:

 Removed to the North in May 1937.

 Removed to the South in November/December 1938.

 RR Facilities:

 24' x 48' Depot 

 Engine Facility

 12.5' x 31' Freight Transfer House

 Livestock Pens

 Water Tank

 Wye

 Interchange

 Customers:

 Horner Brothers Elevator

 Last Updated  08/16/2009

 

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