East Dubuque station
Appearance
East Dubuque, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-city rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() East Dubuque station in 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sinsinawa Avenue, East Dubuque, Illinois 61025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°29′38″N 90°38′48″W / 42.49389°N 90.64667°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Illinois Central Gulf Burlington Northern Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 12, 1855 (Illinois Central Railroad)[1] February 13, 1974 (Amtrak)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 30, 1971 (Illinois Central)[3] September 30, 1981 (Amtrak)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original company | Illinois Central Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The East Dubuque station of East Dubuque, Illinois originally served the Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Passenger service ceased upon the formation of Amtrak in 1971, but resumed between Chicago and Dubuque in 1974 under the name Black Hawk.[5][6] Service ceased on September 30, 1981.[4] The depot no longer exists.
Bibliography
[edit]- Brownson, Howard Gray (1915). History of the Illinois Central Railroad to 1870. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ Brownson 1915, p. 61.
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- ^ "Project 1971 - Trains Just Prior to Amtrak - Streamliner Schedules".
- ^ Midwestern Amtrak Schedules, Amtrak, 1974, p. 43
External links
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Categories:
- Former Amtrak stations in Illinois
- Former Illinois Central Railroad stations
- Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations
- Former Chicago Great Western Railway stations
- 1855 establishments in Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1981
- Illinois railway station stubs