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Peru – LaSalle
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
South and west façades from northeast
General information
Location1st Street and Canal Street
LaSalle, Illinois
Coordinates41°19′38.7″N 89°6′4.5″W / 41.327417°N 89.101250°W / 41.327417; -89.101250
Owned byBuilding: local business
Track: CSX Transportation
Line(s)Rock Island Line main line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Services
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station
Former services
Spring Valleytoward Colorado Springs Main Line Uticatoward Chicago

Peru – LaSalle station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station situated between the towns of Peru and LaSalle, Illinois. The station building—which still exists as a lawn and garden center—is located on the north side of the track, on 1st Street. LaSalle/Peru was the original eastern terminus of the Rock Island Line, as it first traveled from Rock Island, Illinois to connect with the Illinois and Michigan Canal. "The Rock" was eventually liquidated, and now the track is operated by CSX, with the Iowa Interstate Railway getting some service via trackage rights.

References

  1. Overturf, Daniel; Marx, Gary; Kurtis, Bill (2007). A River Through Illinois. p. 196. The old Rock Island Line railroad station is now a lawn and garden center.
  2. Schafer, Mike (2003). Classic American Railroads, Volume III. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7603-1649-8.
  3. Illinois Valley Commuter Rail Feasibility Study Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today. The City of Ottawa. Retrieved March 25, 2011

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