When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries.
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries.
But when a man gets the blues he grabs a train and rides.
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train,
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train,
It makes me wish I was going home again...
~~"Train Whistle Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers ~ 1929
The sun was trying its hardest to break through the clouds.
I drove to Pana, Illinois, to spend the day outside before the snow and the ice hit Central Illinois.
Pana was founded on the railroad and the coal industries.
Driving around town,
I found this old train tower.
It once served four major railroads:
the Illinois Central,
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
the B & O,
and the New York Central.
The towers once served as the operational hub at many railroad locations, and kept the trains moving. Without them, trains would have backed up in short order if the train crews had to go out and align all of the switches for a particular move.
Today this old tower stands quietly in its retirement...
I drove to Pana, Illinois, to spend the day outside before the snow and the ice hit Central Illinois.
Pana was founded on the railroad and the coal industries.
Driving around town,
I found this old train tower.
It once served four major railroads:
the Illinois Central,
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
the B & O,
and the New York Central.
The towers once served as the operational hub at many railroad locations, and kept the trains moving. Without them, trains would have backed up in short order if the train crews had to go out and align all of the switches for a particular move.
Today this old tower stands quietly in its retirement...
This is an image of the old tower while it was still in use.
~Nancy ~ 51/365
~Nancy ~ 51/365
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