"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

Some photos - past and present - of locomotives, trains, and railroads in and around Decatur Illinois........ Gallery 2: for more on Decatur Railyard Explosion of 1974, link to: http://picturedecatur.blogspot.com/2013/10/n-explosion-1974.html

Some photos - past and present - of trains in and around Decatur. Gallery 1: (Midwest Inland Port)

Here's a collection of photographs from inside the Staley Tower (Tate & Lyle Administration Building) at 2200 East Eldorado Street.  The photos were taken in October 2014. The photo credit for most of these pictures belongs to WSOY personality and community leader Brian Byers. (follow Brian on Instagram at "briankbyers") More historical Staley photos:  HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE

A few shots from "out and about" in Decatur.  Thanks to those who contributed shots for this post ! Merchant Street Franklin Street, under construction Good Samaritan Inn 25 Years for Delmar Hazenfield, WOW on Eldorado Street at former Wake the Dead building one of Decatur's coolest landmarks Staley Tower, in the fall