Forrest
The eastbound TP&W road freight passes the former site of the TPW-Wabash diamonds and the restored Wabash depot, which looks just like it did when it was built in 1895.
Forrest was a division point on the Wabash's Chicago-Decatur mainline, and, until the 1930s, a roundhouse and engine terminal were located across from the depot. Until the 1970s, the Wabash and its successor, Norfolk and Western, utilized trackage rights on the TP&W between Forrest and Fairbury to access the Streator Branch. The former Wabash was abandoned between Manhattan and Risk Junction in 1991.
Forrest
The eastbound TP&W road freight passes the former site of the TPW-Wabash diamonds and the restored Wabash depot, which looks just like it did when it was built in 1895.
Forrest was a division point on the Wabash's Chicago-Decatur mainline, and, until the 1930s, a roundhouse and engine terminal were located across from the depot. Until the 1970s, the Wabash and its successor, Norfolk and Western, utilized trackage rights on the TP&W between Forrest and Fairbury to access the Streator Branch. The former Wabash was abandoned between Manhattan and Risk Junction in 1991.