Morris station
Morris | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 Morris station in 1986. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Near  IL 47Morris, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | track owned by CSX Transportation[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
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Morris station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway station in Morris, Illinois. Unlike many old stations, the depot is still standing on the south side of the track just west of Route 47.[2][3] The tracks were built by the Rock Island Line in 1853.[4] The single track line is now on the CSX New Rock Subdivision.[1] Across the tracks is the former Illinois Terminal Railway station house, now used as a business.[2] The station is considered for service on Amtrak's proposed Chicago—Moline—Iowa City line.[5] There is speculation that Metra's Rock Island District will be extended to Morris.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Class I Railroad in the Chicago Area. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ^ a b Surviving Illinois Railroad Stations Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ^ "Morris station" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ^ "Chapter 2 Alternatives" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation/Iowa Department of Transportation. September 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-80, "Rock Island Railroad, Morris Passenger Depot"
- Morris, IL train station on Flickr
- Other picture
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