Cisne, IL
B&O Railroad
Milepost: 62.9
Cisne B & O Railroad Depot
Duane Carrell, B & O Historical Society
Bedford Township
Wayne County
Southwest corner of Park and the railroad
Estimated GPS Coordinates: 38.51375501,-88.43642
History
The town of Cisne was started as a result of the building of the Springfield Division of the Ohio & Mississippi railroad. The railroad depot was the second building built and the first post office was at the rail facility.
History of Wayne and Clay Counties Illinois, Globe Publishing Co, 183 Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 1884, p. 237.
1938 Cisne Aerial View
Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs
Cisne Map
1920 - Passenger Train at Cisne
Courtesy of Bob Tickner
1937 - First Oil Shipment at Cisne Depot by Pure Oil Company
Courtesy of Bob Tickner
Cisne B&O Depot
B&O Cisne Depot
Former Cisne, Illinois B and O Depot
Keith Bunner
