Peru–LaSalle Station

Peru – LaSalle
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
south and west façades from northeast
Location	1st Street and Canal Street LaSalle, Illinois
Coordinates	41°19′38.7″N 89°6′4.5″W / 41.327417°N 89.101250°WCoordinates: 41°19′38.7″N 89°6′4.5″W / 41.327417°N 89.101250°W
Owned by	building: local business track: CSX Transportation
Line(s)	Rock Island Line main line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Services
Former services   Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station Spring Valley toward Denver or Colorado Springs Main Line Utica toward Chicago (LaSalle Street Station)

Peru – LaSalle Station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station situated between the towns of Peru and LaSalle, Illinois. The station building—which still exists as a lawn and garden center^[1]—is located on the north side of the track, on 1st Street. LaSalle/Peru was the original eastern terminus of the Rock Island Line, as it first traveled from Rock Island, Illinois to connect with the Illinois and Michigan Canal.^[2] "The Rock" was eventually liquidated, and now the track is operated by CSX, with the Iowa Interstate Railway getting some service via trackage rights.^[3]

References

1. Overturf, Daniel; Marx, Gary; Kurtis, Bill (2007). A River Through Illinois. p. 196. The old Rock Island Line railroad station is now a lawn and garden center.
2. Schafer, Mike (2003). Classic American Railroads, Volume III. Saint Paul, MN: MBI. p. 69. ISBN 076031649X. OCLC 768623553.
3. Illinois Valley Commuter Rail Feasibility Study. The City of Ottawa. Retrieved March 25, 2011

External links

• View of the back
• View of the front