Mazon was a small Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Mazon, Illinois, 66.1 timetable miles west of Chicago.[2][3] Now on the BNSF Southern Transcon line, it also served the Kankakee and Seneca railroad.
Mazon | |||||||||||
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| Former AT&SF passenger rail station | |||||||||||
 The front of the station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | East Street Mazon, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Owned by | BNSF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Grand Canyon | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1898[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | unknown | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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The more famous Santa Fe trains such as the Super Chief, Chief and El Capitan didn't stop at Mazon.[2] Only the local mail train called on the station; a motor car in the waning years.[4] Even though passenger service has long left Mazon, the building still stands and is used by BNSF maintenance workers.[3][5]
Gallery
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backside, different angle
References
edit- ^ Mazon Depot. Retrieved February 3, 2011
- ^ a b Solomon, Brian (2003). "Santa Fe History". Santa Fe Railway. Motorbooks International. p. 21. ISBN 0-7603-1072-6.
- ^ a b Fred Frailey (August 22, 2011). "Unearthing the old Santa Fe in Illinois". Trains magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
- ^ "Santa Fe". The Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Co.: 883. May 1945.
- ^ Surviving Illinois railroad depots Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 2, 2011
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