Mendota station
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Location | 8th Street and 6th Avenue Mendota, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°WCoordinates: 41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Mendota Museum and Historical Society | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Mendota Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | MDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 20, 1853[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | February 23, 1888[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 | 24,019[3] 5.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mendota is an Amtrak intercity train station at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States.
The station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. It originally contained a hotel, restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, and rooms for railroad employees. In 1942, much of the station was torn down, with little more than the waiting room and ticket office remaining intact.
Today the building is owned and preserved by the Mendota Museum and Historical Society as the Union Depot Railroad Museum.[4] The station is a regular stop for the Illinois Zephyr and the Southwest Chief. The California Zephyr also uses these tracks, but does not stop in Mendota. BNSF Railway also has a small freight yard and office adjacent to the station. This yard is used to store trains and locomotives that do local runs along the Mendota Subdivision (which are usually pulled by four axle road switchers).
Bibliography[]
- Hubbart, Gerald Wesley (1922). History of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. Indiana University. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
References[]
- ^ Hubbart 1922, p. 5.
- ^ Mendota, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Mendota Museum and Historical Society
External links[]
Media related to Mendota station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mendota, IL – Amtrak
- Mendota Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Union Depot Railroad Museum
- Mendota (MDT)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Amtrak stations in Illinois
- Mendota, Illinois
- Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1853
- Railway hotels in the United States
- Railway stations in LaSalle County, Illinois
- Museums in LaSalle County, Illinois
- Railroad museums in Illinois
- Model railway shows and exhibitions
- 1853 establishments in Illinois
- Illinois railway station stubs
- Illinois building and structure stubs
- Midwestern United States museum stubs