The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
| Name: | Wright, Wrights, Lipsey or Lipsey Switch (Spur), Illinois(elevation 719') |
| Mile Post: | 116.9 |
| Previous Station: | Coles |
| Next Station: | The Shops |
| Description: | At one time Lipsey Switch was a grain elevator located to the northwest of Mattoon. Today the grain elevator is gone and the city limits of Mattoon are right next to Lipsey. While some of the customers listed below are technically in Mattoon, they were much closer to Lipsey's mile post and are therefore included here. |
| Photos: | Right of Way |
| Date Reached: | 1872 |
| Track Status: | Still in place - . |
| RR Facilities: |
Livestock Pen (50' x 50') - moved here from Kirby (Barrett) circa 1915 - (listed here in 1916) Spur |
| Customers: |
American Pad and Paper - Mattoon Elevator Freman Propane Gas Kraft Foods - Mattoon Skelly Oil Company - Mattoon |
| Last Updated | 02/05/2012 |