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Millsdale station

Coordinates: 41°26′06″N 88°09′51″W / 41.43500°N 88.16417°W / 41.43500; -88.16417
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Millsdale
Former AT&SF passenger rail station
General information
Locationtrackside, Millsdale, Illinois
Coordinates41°26′06″N 88°09′51″W / 41.43500°N 88.16417°W / 41.43500; -88.16417
Owned byland owned by the United States Government[1]
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Drummond Main Line Joliet
toward Chicago

Millsdale station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in the ghost town of Millsdale, Illinois. It was located on the east bank of the Des Plaines River,[2] and had two tracks passing through.[3] The station is on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision and freight trains still pass by the site of the former depot.

References

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  1. ^ Millsdale, IL Ghost Town. Retrieved February 5, 2011
  2. ^ Along Your Way Santa Fe Railway 1946. Retrieved February 5, 2011
  3. ^ "Millsdale, Illinois" (PDF). Living History of Illinois.