Mackinaw Jct. is located just south of Peoria. The Illinois Terminal had a line that split with one line head east to Bloomington, and the other south to Lincoln and Springfield. The Peoria & Eastern ran east-west, and the PRR had a branch that came out of Peoria and made a hairpin curve through town. Sadly all of these line are now gone. What did the configuration look like? Who crossed who, and what passed over what?
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I just found your post while browsing this forum. The abandoned rail lines at Mackinaw are still shown on the 1991 USGS topo map at http://terraserver-usa.com. (Click to see the topo maps instead of the aerial photograph.) I put together a JPG image from four map views in and around Mackinaw that I can email to you if you provide your address. Write me at [email protected] . -- Dr. Richard Leonard
Dr. R. C. Leonard, "Richard Leonard's Rail Archive" ( http://www.railarchive.net/ )