The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
| Name: | The Shops or Shops (Shops)(Mattoon), Illinois(elevation 721') |
| Mile Post: | 118.5 |
| Previous Station: | Lipsey Switch |
| Next Station: | Mattoon |
| Description: | As one might guess, the main shops for the PD&E were located here. These were built in Mattoon by July 1878. There was a fourteen stall roundhouse, machine shop, boiler shop, blacksmith's shop, reclaim shop, woodworking shop, a car repair shed among others. The PD&E wreck train was stationed here in 1898. Around 1900, the shops employed between five and six hundred men. On Friday, November 4th, 1938, a strong wind blew the roof off the roundhouse. The first major layoffs came in 1952 due to the diesel engine. In 1966 the last of the shop buildings were bulldozed down. While parts of the shop complex did at times cross 26th Street, anything east of that road is included in the Mattoon page. The PD&E crossed the CCC&StL's line to St. Louis just west of here at Karl Tower. |
| Photos: | Maps The Shops Area |
| Date Reached: | 1872 |
| Track Status: | Still in place - . |
| RR Facilities: |
Boiler Shop Bolt Building - with office Blacksmith's Shop Canvas Room - (listed here in 1944) Car Repair Shed Chemical House (for water) - with tool house - (listed here in 1944) Cinder Conveyer - (listed here in 1944) Coal Bin "Coaler" - (listed here in 1944) General Foreman Office - (listed here in 1944) Interlocking Tower (Karl) (15'4" x 16' x 24' Fancy Style) - just to the west - (listed here in 1944 - built 1893 - 17 levers 3 blanks in 1915) Locomotive Crane - (listed here in 1944) Lumber Shed Machine Shop Paint Shop Reclaim Shop Brick Roundhouse - up to 21 stalls - with grease room attached, 100' stalls, 85' steel turntable Round House Office - with wash room - (listed here in 1944) Sand House - (listed here in 1944) Shop Wash Room - with offices - (listed here in 1944) Store House - with offices Four Track Umbrella Shed Wash Rack - (listed here in 1944) Water Column - (listed here in 1944) Water Lab - (listed here in 1944) 100,000 Gallon Wood Water Tank - (listed here in 1944) Wheel Rack Woodworking Shop |
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| Last Updated: | 01/22/2012 |