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1886 system map. The source of the Wabash name was the Wabash River, a 475-mile (764 km)-long river in the eastern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near Fort Recovery, across northern Indiana to Illinois where it forms the southern portion of the Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary.
The Wabash Railroad was the only east-west railroad through Decatur, and its passenger and freight services in the city were both busy. 72 daily passenger trains brought travelers to and from the city at the line's peak in 1907, and $350,000 to $400,000 worth of freight was shipped through the station yearly.
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Just beyond 19th Street, US 36 turns to the southeast on a four-lane divided alignment paralleling a railroad, exiting Decatur on the southeast side. The road crosses Lake Decatur and narrows to two lanes before turning due east. After turning east, U.S. 36 runs largely in a straight line, mostly through open country, until it exits the state.
Of the road owned by the company on the date of consolidation, it had acquired 387.91 miles from the purchasing committee of The Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company and 43.01 miles from Leonard Matthews, who had acquired it at a foreclosure sale on August 4, 1887, from the St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway Company.
70 Moultrie: 1 71 Ogle: 28 72 Peoria: 36 73 Perry: 3 74 Piatt: 6 75 Pike: 14 76 Pope: 3 77 Pulaski: 4 78 Putnam: 4 79 Randolph: 18 80 Richland: 4 81 Rock Island: 29 82 St. Clair: 30 83 Saline: 4 84 Sangamon: 64 85 Schuyler: 2 86 Scott: 2 87 Shelby: 6 88 Stark: 1 89 Stephenson: 16 90 Tazewell: 17 91 Union: 8 92 Vermilion: 13 93 Wabash: 1 94 ...
The new equipment cost the Wabash US$1,500,000; it was the first dome train to operate between Chicago and St. Louis. [4] The Norfolk and Western Railway leased the Wabash in 1964 but continued to operate the Blue Bird. This changed in 1968 when the N&W truncated the Blue Bird to Decatur, Illinois, still departing from Chicago.