Minooka Station
Minooka | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 The station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Minooka, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | track owned by CSX Transportation[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1852[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Summit | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Minooka Station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Minooka, Illinois. It was the highest point on the Rock Island Line and was originally called Summit.[3][4][5][6] The town was later renamed by settler Dolly Smith to Minooka. (meaning "good land" or "high place")[3][7] CSX Transportation runs freight trains on the New Rock Subdivision with Iowa Interstate trackage rights.[1][8]
References
- 1 2 Class I railroads in the Chicago area. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ Our Community. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- 1 2 MCHS History. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ A History of Minooka, Illinois. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ zipreality.com. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ Minooka History. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ Minooka, Illinois. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ John Schmeltzer (March 30, 1991). "Change is about to get the green light in this village". Chicago Tribune.
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