Minooka station
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, a word in the Pottowatomi language possibly meaning "high point", "place of contentment", "good Earth" or "place of the maples."[7] Additional translations of the word may be "good land” or “high place.”[8] CSX Transportation runs freight trains on the New Rock Subdivision with Iowa Interstate trackage rights.[1][9]
Minooka | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 The station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Minooka, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | track owned by CSX Transportation[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1852[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Summit | |||||||||||||||
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References
- Class I railroads in the Chicago area. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- Our Community Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- MCHS History Archived 2011-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- A History of Minooka, Illinois Archived 2011-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- zipreality.com Archived 2013-02-10 at archive.today. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- Minooka History Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today. Retrieved February 13, 2011
- "Residents/Community - Village of Minooka". The Village of Minooka. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- Gellman, Erik (2005), "Minooka, IL", Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago History Museum and the Newberry Library, retrieved 2019-10-15
- John Schmeltzer (March 30, 1991). "Change is about to get the green light in this village". Chicago Tribune.
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