EVWR/CSX/L&N + Aban/Big4 Bridges over Little Wabash River near Carmi, IL

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EVWR = Evansville Western Railway

The L&N and Big Four not only shared this bridge, they shared a union depot.

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Andy Zukowski posted
Railroad Yards in Carmi, Illinois. 1910
Larry K Ziegler: Those tracks are the mainlines of the L&N RR on the left and the NYC RR on the right, as they come off the RR bridge crossing the Little Wabash river. This photo is looking East. East of the bridge, the L&N turned SE towards Mt. Vernon, IND. The NYC continued East to Mt. Carmel, IL. Both roads hosted several passenger and freight trains daily.
Raymond Barr: Well, that single track through there now has rails that are polished continuously by trains of the EVWRR ( Evansville - Ind - Western). Long trains of loads and empties from and to recently developed coal mines along its route, plus grain movements; have made this a great investment for the EVWRR to purchase this line from CSX (L&N). The coal trains today rival the old NYC coal drags in length and tonnage, if not in numbers.
By the way, the EVWRR is a subsidiary of the Paducah & Louisville RR (former IC), which is affiliated with CSX.

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David Cantrell posted three images with the comment:

Carmi Evansville Western Railroad Bridge (formerly shared by L&N and New York Central) taken 3.26.2020.
1902 view of bridge from Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois.
1911 Carmi Signal Tower and L & N Railroad Bridge from Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois

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Dennis DeBruler commented on David's post
I looked at street view to determine how high the river was running in the first photo.
https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...
David Cantrell National Weather Service shows current river level at 32 ft.

Dennis DeBruler commented on his comment
It looks like you caught it at the predicted peak.
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=pah...

David Cantrell posted

The Little Wabash railroad bridge at Carmi, IL, then (1911) and now (1924) in which the Louisville and Nashville railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big 4) each had an undivided half interest. The Evansville Western Railway still crosses the bridge today.

The L&N owned the right of way and grading. It also performed maintenance and billed Big 4 half the cost. The two tracks diverged towards Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Mt. Carmel, Illinois just east of the bridge. The Flison Historical Society has the L&N plans for the electrical signal power house. The L&N most likely operated the signal tower and interlocking as well.

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