Ottawa station (Rock Island Line)

This article is about a defunct train station in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. For the primary train station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, see Ottawa station.

For other uses, see Ottawa station (disambiguation).

Ottawa
The station in 2012.
General information
Location	Marquette Street and IL 23  / IL 71 (Columbus Street) Ottawa, Illinois United States
Coordinates	41°21′16″N88°50′25″W / 41.354573°N 88.840218°W / 41.354573; -88.840218
System	Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
Owned by	track owned by CSX Transportation
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 (formerly 2)
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Other information
Status	disused
Services
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station Former services Utica toward Colorado Springs Main Line Marseilles toward Chicago
Location

Ottawa station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Ottawa, Illinois. It was located just east of Columbus Street and on the south side of the track. ^[1] The building had the same design as Rock Island Line stations in Iowa City and Council Bluffs, Iowa. ^[2] The station is east of a junction with the Illinois Railway (former CB&Q branch line to Streator). ^[3] The still standing station house is used for CSX maintenance of way vehicles.

References

1. "Ottawa station (Rock Island Line)" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved March 4, 2011.
2. History of the Council Bluffs Rock Island Depot Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 4, 2011
3. CSX-Illinois Railway junction. Retrieved March 4, 2011

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-62, " Rock Island Railroad, Ottawa Passenger Station "
• Station in 1974 on Flickr

A Rock Island EMD F2 passing the station in 1963