I think the fourth one was the B&O. It and the I.C . came in on the west side of Eldorado. The New York central was on the east side of eldorado and the L&N was just a block west of the high school. Fred Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- From: <HELTSLEY@aol.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Re: Millers in White County to Muhlenberg > Right, the Illinois Central was the "City of New Orleans" from Chicago but > as I understand it went through Carbondale and not Benton, West Frankfort. It > was the C&EI Railroad that went from Chicago through Benton, West Frankfort > etc. I road the latter a couple of times to Chicago and return in 1948 but > was never on the Illinois Central. They may have shared ltracks north of > Champaign. > I was too young to remember what railroads were farther east in Eldorado, > Carmi, Harrisburg. I believe Eldorado had four, IC, New York Central, L&N and > one other. It was the mines that attracted them. I'd love to hear a more > accurate version. > > Ernie > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >