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In the golden age of railroads, passenger stations once dotted the nation serving both railroad and community. With the advent of interstates in the 1940's much of the passenger traffic dwindled in the next two decades. By 1970 passenger rail was no longer profitable for railroads and many dropped routes as fast as the ICC would grant it. Unfortunately, many of the stations that helped build communities throughout the U.S. were no longer needed and they were torn down or left to decay. However, some agencies were retained for other railroad use, purchased by private individuals, or donated to the communities.

The following stations are still in existence today and sorted by original railroad. Their use and condition is noted when possible.
Commuter stations currently used by Metra are not listed.

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City	Railroad	Current Use	Relocated To	Notes	Other Artifacts	Condition
Amboy	IC	Museum			GTW 0-8-0
Aurora	CBQ					Unknown
Buda	CBQ					Unknown
Bureau	CRIP
Burlington	IC	Township Offices				Restored
Bushnell	CBQ					Unknown
Cedar Point	MILW
Chatham
Chillicothe	ATSF
Clare	CGW	Private				Good
DeKalb	CNW	MOW
Depue	CRIP
Earlville	CBQ	MOW
East Dubuque	CBQ	Vacant				Poor
East Dundee	CNW	Chamber of Commerce		Replica of Carpentersville
East Rockford	CNW	Chamber of Commerce
Elgin	CNW	Museum		Watch Factory Depot		Under Restoration
Elizabeth	CGW	City Museum			MILW Caboose	Restored
Elmurst	CGW	Park Dist				Restored
Esmond	CGW
Forreston	IC
Freeport	IC	Private				Restored
Freeport	MILW	Private				Extreme Distress
Fulton	CBQ	Chamber of Commerce			Griswold X-ing Signal	Restored
Fulton	CNW
Fulton	MILW	Private		LP Dealer
Galena	IC	Tourist Center				Restored
Galesburg	ATSF
Galesburg	CBQ	Amtrak Station				Unknown
Geneseo	CRIP
Genoa	IC	MOW				Poor
Genoa	MILW	Museum			IC Caboose	Restored
German Valley	CGW
Gretna	CGW	Park Dist	City Park		EJ&E Caboose
Henry	CRIP
Joliet	CRIP	Amtrak
Ladd	MILW
Lake Zurich	EJE	Private				Poor
Lake Zurich	PLZW
LaMoille	CBQ	Private			CBQ Caboose	Fair
LaSalle	CRIP
Lisle	CBQ	Park Dist	North of Commuter Parking Lot		CBQ Caboose	Restored
Marengo	CNW	Museum	Illinois Railway Museum			Restored
Marseilles	CRIP	Chamber of Commerce			Caboose	Restored
Mazon	ATSF
McHenry	CNW	RR Office / Restaurant				Decent
McLean	C&A	Hobby Shop	200 E. Dixie Rd., Mclean, IL	McLean Depot Train Shop	Speeder	Restored
Mendota	CBQ					Unknown
Mendota	IC
Milan	CRIP
Minooka	CRIP
Moline	MILW
Monticello	WAB	Museum		Monticello Railroad Museum		Restored
Morris	CRIP
Oregon	CBQ	MOW
Ottawa	CBQ	Illinois Railnet HQ				Unknown
Pekin	CIM
Peoria	CBQ	RR Office				Unknown
Peoria	CRIP	Restaurant				Restored
Peoria	CRIP
Pingree Grove	MILW	Private	1/2 block north of tracks			Poor
Plainfield	EJE		Along Rte 52 & Illinois River Line			Under Restoration
Plano	CBQ					Unknown
Plato Center	IC	Museum	City Park			Restored
Princeton	CBQ					Unknown
Rochelle	CBQ	MOW				Demolished 2007
Rochelle	CNW	MOW
Rock City	MILW
Rock Island	CRIP
Seneca	CRIP
Seward	IC
Shabbona	CBQ					Unknown
Sheffield	CRIP
Steward	CBQ	Park Dist	City Park			Restored
Streator	ATSF
Stronghurst	ATSF
Sycamore	CGW	Private
Sycamore	CNW	Private
Thomson	CBQ	Museum				Restored
Tiskilwa	CRIP
Utica	CRIP				Damaged by Utica Tornado 2004	Demolished
Warren	IC
Wasco	CGW	Twp. Office	5N082 La Fox Rd	Campton Twp. Community Center	RR Signals	Restored w/Addition
Wauconda	PLZW	Home	172 W Maple	Sold to George & Grace Harris circa 1929		Remodeled Into Home
West Chicago	CBQ	Park District	Library Parking Lot			Restored
West Chicago	CNW	Private				Good
West Chicago	CNW	Chamber of Commerce				Good
Woodbine	CGW	Private				Poor
Yates City	CBQ

Forever in peace may it wave....