The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
| Name: | Poseyville, Indiana(elevation 435') - Telegraph: DI |
| Mile Post: | 228.5 |
| Previous Station: | Stewartsville |
| Next Station: | Crisle |
| Description: | It was named in honor of General Thomas Posey, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. In addition to being a great area to get watermelon and cantaloupe, Poseyville is where the PD&E crossed the C&EI. The C&EI crossed the PD&E on June 6th, 1882. In 2005, the Browns, Grayville and Poseyville Railway had plans to put the rail back in between Browns and Poseyville. However, as of nothing has come of it. |
| Photos: | Right of Way Structures |
| Date Reached: | 1881 |
| Track Status: | Removed in the Fall of 2011. |
| RR Facilities: |
Coal House - (listed here in 1916) - one report says (12' x 10' x 10') built in 1898, another (8' x 10' x 8') built in 1890 Wood Depot (66' x 20' x 16') - built in 1880 - (listed here in 1916) Type B Wood Depot replaced the original circa WWII Ice House (60' x 24' x 16') - built in 1903 - (listed here in 1916) Ice Platform Livestock Pen (79' x 32') - (listed here circa 1900) (2) Livestock Pens (32' x 32') each(?) - (listed here 1916 & 1928) Loading Ramp (still present 2010) Pump House (20' x 16' x 10') - (listed here in 1916, 1928 & 1944) Sidings Tool House (16'6" x 9' x 7') - (listed as Hand Car House) - half a car body - placed here in 1895 - (listed here in 1916) Tool House (12' x 10') - (listed here in 1916) Tool House - (listed here in 1928 & 1944) Water Tank (16' x 20' tub, 14' frame) - 37,000 gallon capacity - built in 1895 - (listed here in 1916) Water Tank (20' x 30') - built in 1922 - 100,000 gallon capacity - (listed here in 1928) Well House (10' x 8') - built in 1909 |
| Customers: |
Grain House - (listed here circa 1900) Poseyville County Farm Bureau Co-op |
| Last Updated: | 01/28/2012 |