The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
| Name: | I.C. Jct (Junction) or Pekin, Illinois(elevation 412') - Telegraph: FD |
| Mile Post: | 9.2 |
| Previous Station: | Pekin P.R.T. |
| Next Station: | Hawley |
| Description: | I.C. JCT, MP 9.2 or Pekin, MP 9.3 is where the PD&E, later IC, met up with the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway. From here to Peoria was on P&PU rails, which was partially owned by the railroad. In 1872, the PL&D and Chicago & Illinois Midland's predecessor Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville agreed to jointly build a passenger station and split the maintenance cost for 99 years. By 1920, it appears this building was being used only as a freight house. |
| Photos: | Right of Way |
| Date Reached: | By October 1870 |
| Track Status: | Still in place - . |
| RR Facilities: |
Car Inspector's House (10' x 8') car body placed here in 1902 - (listed here in 1916) Car Inspector's Office - (listed here 1908) - destroyed by fire February 1st, 1908 Engine House(1st) (54' x 25) - built 1869 - destroyed by fire in 1906 Engine House(2nd) (76' x 20') - built in 1907 - destroyed by fire January 5th, 1912 Engine House(3rd) (75' x 20') - built in 1913 - (listed here in 1916) One stall Engine House(3rd?) - (listed here in 1944) One stall Engine House(3rd?) - shown in 1952 Freight House (48' x 20' x 14') - built in 1894 - 4' x 4' Fairbanks #1 scale - (listed here in 1916) Freight House - (listed here in 1944) Freight House - joint with P&PU shown here in 1952 Hand Car House (14' x 12') - built in 1896 - (listed here in 1916) Ice House (32' x 18) - built 1894 - (listed here in 1916) Livestock Pen (24' x 22') - built 1905 - (listed here in 1916) Office - shown in 1952 - a caboose without trucks near the engine house Brick Passenger Station (86'6" x 32' x 17') - built in 1873 and still extant - see description above Pump House (14'6" x 12'6") - built 1906 - (listed here in 1916) Pumping Station - (listed here in 1944) Road(?) Supervisor's Office (12' x 10') - (listed here in 1916) Sand House (20' x 16') - built in either 1901 or 1903 - (listed here in 1916) Section House - (listed here in 1944) Sidings Spurs Supply House (30' x 8') - former car body - (listed here in 1904) Tool House - (listed here in 1944) Track Scale - (listed here in 1944) Wood Water Tank (30' x 18' tub on 20' steel frame) - 87,500 gallon capacity - (listed here in 1916) - shown in 1952 Yards Chicago and Illinois Midland Interchange CCC&StL Interchange Peoria Railway Terminal Interchange Peoria & Pekin Union Interchange |
| Customers: | Kriegsman Transfer Company - just to the south of Pekin |
| Last Updated | 02/04/2012 |