Minooka station

Minooka
The station
General information
Location	Minooka, Illinois
Coordinates	41°27′18″N88°15′38″E / 41.45509°N 88.26066°E / 41.45509; 88.26066
Owned by	track owned by CSX Transportation [1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
History
Opened	1852 [2]
Previous names	Summit
Services
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station Former services Morris toward Colorado Springs Main Line Bird's Bridge toward Chicago

Minooka station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Minooka, Illinois. It was the highest point on the Rock Island Line and was originally called Summit. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The town was later renamed by settler Dolly Smith, to Minooka, a word in the Pottowatomi language possibly meaning "high point", "place of contentment", "good Earth" or "place of the maples." ^[7] Additional translations of the word may be "good land” or “high place.” ^[8] CSX Transportation runs freight trains on the New Rock Subdivision with Iowa Interstate trackage rights. ^{[1] [9]}

References

1. Class I railroads in the Chicago area. Retrieved February 13, 2011
2. Our Community Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 13, 2011
3. MCHS History Archived 2011-01-29 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 13, 2011
4. A History of Minooka, Illinois Archived 2011-02-09 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 13, 2011
5. zipreality.com Archived 2013-02-10 at archive.today . Retrieved February 13, 2011
6. Minooka History Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today . Retrieved February 13, 2011
7. "Residents/Community - Village of Minooka". The Village of Minooka. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
8. Gellman, Erik (2005), "Minooka, IL", Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago History Museum and the Newberry Library, retrieved October 15, 2019
9. John Schmeltzer (March 30, 1991). "Change is about to get the green light in this village". Chicago Tribune .