Today's installment of Dave's Depots takes us to Maryville, Illinois. This depot is the standard "Amshack" that Amtrak erected in the 1970s in places like St. Louis, Cincinnati, Bloomington, IL, and other places. 
I don't know which railroad owns the mainline that the depot sits on, as there is a lot of varied traffic, from steam, diesel, to even this RTA commuter train from the early 1980s. Railroads of all eras seem to pass by this depot, from modern BNSF unit coal trains, to L&N 2-8-2s and IC 2-10-2s moving manifest freights through town. More recently, I've seen a freight travel through town pulled by one of the Union Pacific Turbines.
Most passengers feel that the depot is a bit small.
I don't know which railroad owns the mainline that the depot sits on, as there is a lot of varied traffic, from steam, diesel, to even this RTA commuter train from the early 1980s. Railroads of all eras seem to pass by this depot, from modern BNSF unit coal trains, to L&N 2-8-2s and IC 2-10-2s moving manifest freights through town. More recently, I've seen a freight travel through town pulled by one of the Union Pacific Turbines.
Most passengers feel that the depot is a bit small.
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