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]
Peru – LaSalle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 South and west façades from northeast | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Building: local business Track: CSX Transportation | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rock Island Line main line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Schafer, Mike (2003). Classic American Railroads, Volume III. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7603-1649-8.
- ^ Illinois Valley Commuter Rail Feasibility Study Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today. The City of Ottawa. Retrieved March 25, 2011
External links
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Media related to Rock Island Passenger Depot (LaSalle, Illinois) at Wikimedia Commons- View of the back
- View of the front
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