McCook Station (Illinois)

McCook
Former ATSF passenger rail station
Station statistics
Address McCook, Illinois
Structure at-grade
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Other information
Closed 1971
Owned by none (destroyed)
Services
    Former services    
Preceding station   Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway   Following station
Gary
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.

References

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

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