The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Wilcox (Station), Indiana(elevation 532')
 Mile Post:  239.1
 Previous Station:  Armstrong
 Next Station:  Vanderburg
 Description:  Wilcox is near the top of a hill that is the toughest to climb on this part of the line.  The IC often used helper engines here.  In 1940, it often took an hour or more to push a train over the hill.  Wilcox appears to have been nothing but the location where the helper service cut off.
 Photos:  Right of Way
 Date Reached:  1881
 Track Status:  Still in place - .
 RR Facilities:

 Siding

 The highway bridge at 239.2 over the railroad was an old turntable - (listed here in 1944)

 Customers:  
 Last Updated:  02/09/2008

 

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