Mazon station was a small
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and S ...
station in
Mazon, Illinois
Mazon (Help:IPA/English, /) is a village in Mazon Township, Grundy County, Illinois, Mazon Township, Grundy County, Illinois, Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The name derives from the Potawatomi word for "nettles" (mzan). The population was ...
. The station was 66 miles west of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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on the
BNSF
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes tha ...
Southern Transcon
The Southern Transcon is a main line of BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois. Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen ...
line. It also served the Kankakee and Seneca railroad. The most famous Santa Fe trains such as the ''
Chief,
Super Chief
The ''Super Chief'' was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The streamliner claimed to be "The Train of the Stars" because of the various celebrities it carried between Chicago, Il ...
'', and ''
El Capitan'' didn't stop at Mazon. The ''Grand Canyon Limited'' train numbers 123 and 124 were the only service to Mazon.
Even though passenger service has long left Mazon, the building still stands and is used by
BNSF
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes tha ...
maintenance workers.
. Retrieved February 2, 2011
Gallery
References
External links
Mazon Depot pictureStation from Google Maps Street View
Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
Former railway stations in Illinois
Transportation buildings and structures in Grundy County, Illinois
1898 establishments in Illinois
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