McCook Station (Illinois)

McCook
Former ATSF passenger rail station
Location McCook, Illinois
Owned by none (destroyed)
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type at-grade
History
Closed 1971
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe   Following station
Gary
toward Los Angeles
Main Line
Terminus

McCook Station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in McCook, Illinois.[1] The station was next to the McCook Junction, where BNSF and Indiana Harbor Belt/CSXT tracks interchange.[2] The station closed in 1971 when Amtrak took over United States passenger rail, although freight service still runs on the double-tracked line.

This station was in operation until 1982 when it was closed along with GM Yard in Willow Springs, and the employees of both stations were laid off unless they could bump elsewhere.

References

  1. Along Your Way Santa Fe Railway 1946. Retrieved February 9, 2011
  2. Other West / Southwest Suburban Junctions. Retrieved February 9, 2011

External links

This station was operable until 1982 when it was closed along with GM Yard in Willow Springs, and the employees of both stations were RIF'd or could bump elsewhere.

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