Utica station was a
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
At ...
station in
North Utica, Illinois (also known as Utica). The station is about 90 miles west of
Chicago
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and is on one of the few
double tracked parts of the
CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of trac ...
New Rock Subdivision (
Joliet—
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).
It is also just west of a
grain elevator
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and a small yard to load
hopper cars.
The building was heavily damaged by an
April 20, 2004 tornado, that killed 8 in Utica.
Because of that damage, it was eventually razed.
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Railway stations in LaSalle County, Illinois
Former railway stations in Illinois
Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations
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