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Mazon station

Coordinates: 41°14′26″N 88°25′08″W / 41.24042°N 88.41892°W / 41.24042; -88.41892
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Mazon
Former AT&SF passenger rail station
The front of the station
General information
LocationEast Street
Mazon, Illinois
Owned byBNSF
Line(s)Grand Canyon
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
History
Opened1898[1]
Closedunknown
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Verona Main Line Gorman
toward Chicago

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.

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]

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References

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  1. ^ Mazon Depot. Retrieved February 3, 2011
  2. ^ a b Solomon, Brian (2003). "Santa Fe History". Santa Fe Railway. Motorbooks International. p. 21. ISBN 0-7603-1072-6.
  3. ^ a b Fred Frailey (August 22, 2011). "Unearthing the old Santa Fe in Illinois". Trains magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "Santa Fe". The Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Co.: 883. May 1945.
  5. ^ Surviving Illinois railroad depots Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 2, 2011
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41°14′26″N 88°25′08″W / 41.24042°N 88.41892°W / 41.24042; -88.41892