Mazon station explained

Mazon
Type:Former AT&SF passenger rail station
Style:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Address:East Street
Mazon, Illinois
Line:Grand Canyon
Structure:at-grade
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:2
Opened:1898[1]
Closed:unknown
Owned:BNSF
Other Services Header:Former services

Mazon was a small Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Mazon, Illinois, 66.1 timetable miles west of Chicago. 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.[3] Even though passenger service has long left Mazon, the building still stands and is used by BNSF maintenance workers.[4] [5]

External links

41.2404°N -88.4189°W

Notes and References

  1. http://atsf.railfan.net/depots/mazon.html Mazon Depot
  2. Book: Solomon, Brian . Santa Fe Railway . 2003 . Motorbooks International . 21 . 0-7603-1072-6 . Santa Fe History .
  3. The Official Guide of the Railways. Santa Fe. May 1945. 883. National Railway Publication Co..
  4. Web site: Unearthing the old Santa Fe in Illinois . Fred Frailey . . August 22, 2011 . February 3, 2011.
  5. http://www.american-rails.com/surviving-illinois-railroad-stations.html Surviving Illinois railroad depots