When did the CR line that ran between Charleston, Il and Mattoon, Il. cease operations. I see this obvious abandoned grade every time i cross over on the I-57. It must have been sometime during the 80’s, but I can find no verification of such.
Removed March 1982 ///Per librarian at the STB in Washington. Shelbyville Industrial Rail spur is the only surviving remnant of this former Big 4 (CCC&StL/NYC) line…