Coal City station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Coal City, Illinois. It served trains on the "Doodlebug" spur line from Peoria and Pekin, Illinois to Chicago.[2] The train was often run with one car, dubbed the "dinky", and made its last run on 1955.[3] The station house is one story and made of brick.[1]
Coal City | |||||||||||
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| Former AT&SF passenger rail station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Coal City, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°17′7″N 88°16′51″W / 41.28528°N 88.28083°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | BNSF[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ a b ATSF Surviving Depots: Illinois. Retrieved February 4, 2011
- ^ Kim Sipple. "The History of Coal City". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ "Santa Fe "doodle bug"". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
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