 The burned out site was cleared and in 1876 the current Amboy Illinois Central Depot was built.Railroad management was carried out by designating divisions which had autonomous control over hundreds of miles of track, the building in Amboy was one such division headquarters.By the time the Amboy Illinois Central Depot was completed in 1876 the entire stretch of track from Centralia to East Dubuque was consolidated within the Illinois Central Northern Division, operated out of the Amboy building.