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Coal City station

Coordinates: 41°17′7″N 88°16′51″W / 41.28528°N 88.28083°W / 41.28528; -88.28083
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Coal City
Former AT&SF passenger rail station
General information
LocationCoal City, Illinois
Coordinates41°17′7″N 88°16′51″W / 41.28528°N 88.28083°W / 41.28528; -88.28083
Owned byBNSF[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Gorman Main Line Lorenzo
toward Chicago

Coal City station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Coal City, Illinois. It served trains on the "Doodlebug" spur line from Peoria and Pekin, Illinois to Chicago.[2] The train was often run with one car, dubbed the "dinky", and made its last run on 1955.[3] The station house is one story and made of brick.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b ATSF Surviving Depots: Illinois. Retrieved February 4, 2011
  2. ^ Kim Sipple. "The History of Coal City". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Santa Fe "doodle bug"". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
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