Hillsboro, IL
Big 4 Railroad
Milepost: 58.1
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Depot and Locomotive
Estimated GPS Coordinates: 39.158233,-89.477095
Roundhouse Links
Hillsboro, Illinois Union Station 1910
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Depot 1910
Train Approaching Hillsboro, Illinois 1911
Hillsboro, Illinois Union Station
Hillsboro, Illinois Union Depot
From Bill Edrington: This was the new passenger depot, built in 1904-1905 as part of the construction of the Short Line between Hillsboro and Lenox. Passenger service ended in 1959 with the discontinuance of trains #315 and #316 west of Indianapolis. This depot was torn down in the mid-1960s.
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Depot
Nick Goedecke
Hillsboro, Illinois Union Station
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Looking East, Yard Office on Left
Jim Springer
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Looking West, Old Line to Alton on Right
Jim Springer
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Freight House
Jim Springer
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Freight Depot
Bill Edrington
Hillsboro, Illinois NYC Roundhouse
Jacob Hortenstine
Hillsboro, Illinois NYC Roundhouse
Jacob Hortenstine
Hillsboro, Illinois Big 4 Railroad Yard
Bill Edrington
Hillsboro, Illinois Railroad Roundhouse Aerial Photo 1938
Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs
Hillsboro, Illinois Former Big 4 Railroad Yard 2018
Google Earth
Additional Information
Hillsboro, IL: Big Four Depot, Tower, and Coaling Dock by Towns and Nature Blog