Minooka Station

Minooka
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station

The station
Station statistics
Address Minooka, Illinois
Structure at-grade
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Opened 1852[1]
Owned by track owned by CSX Transportation[2]
Formerly Summit
Services
    Former services    
Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station
toward Denver or Colorado Springs
 Main Line

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.[2][8]

References

  1. ^ Our Community. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  2. ^ a b Class I railroads in the Chicagoland area. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  3. ^ a b MCHS History. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  4. ^ A History of Minooka, Illinois. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  5. ^ zipreality.com. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  6. ^ Minooka History. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  7. ^ Minooka, Illinois. Retrieved February 13, 2011
  8. ^ John Schmeltzer (March 30, 1991). "Change is about to get the green light in this village". Chicago Tribune.