Peru–LaSalle Station

Peru – LaSalle
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station

south and west façades from northeast
Location 1st Street and Canal Street
LaSalle, Illinois
Coordinates 41°19′38.7″N 89°6′4.5″W / 41.327417°N 89.101250°W / 41.327417; -89.101250Coordinates: 41°19′38.7″N 89°6′4.5″W / 41.327417°N 89.101250°W / 41.327417; -89.101250
Owned by building: local business
track: CSX Transportation
Line(s) Rock Island Line main line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station
Spring Valley
toward Denver or Colorado Springs
Main Line

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[1]—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.[2] "The Rock" was eventually liquidated, and now the track is operated by CSX, with the Iowa Interstate Railway getting some service via trackage rights.[3]

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, MN: MBI. p. 69. ISBN 076031649X. OCLC 768623553.
  3. ↑ Illinois Valley Commuter Rail Feasibility Study. The City of Ottawa. Retrieved March 25, 2011
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