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This station has been a part of several railroad lines down throughout the years beginning as the Illinois, Bloomington, and Western Railroad (I. B. & W.) which was completed in 1870. At that time it was known as "The Old Plum Street Depot" according to the plat map of that time. 

It was then a part of the Big Four Railroad, (The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company) and was known as the "Big Four Depot" in the 1898 city plat map. 

By the time the railroads were finished with it in 1967, it was a part of The Peoria & Eastern Railway Company,  The Big Four (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company), & the New York Central Railroad Company according to the quitclaim deed that was signed over by S. H. Hellenbrand, the Vice President, of all three of those lines. 

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In effect September 1, 1910

these random rules of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company are taken from the booklet:
"RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYES* WORKING ON OR ABOUT THE TRACKS"

This rule booklet measures 4 -3/8" by 5 - 7/8" and would fit nicely into a back pocket. It was written in several languages to accommodate the different immigrants that worked on the railroads. . . Bohemian; Bulgarian; Croatian Dialect-Austrian; German; Greek; Hungarian; Italian; Lithuanian; Polish; Slovak; and Swedish
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COMPLETE LIST OF RULES