Jo Daviess County, Illinois

City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Aiken Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Smallpox Creek, GPS: 42.34930, -90.41640 B rr   in use steel BNSF    
Council Hill Station Ill. Central

over East Fork Galena River
GPS: 42.46782, -90.33914
GPS: 42.46949, -90.33646
GPS: 42.47100, -90.33199
GPS: 42.47256, -90.32651

B rr   in use   CN four bridges within one mile near town  
East Dubuque  Ill. Central north edge of downtown, Sissinewa St., GPS: 42.49480, -90.64661 Tn rr 1867 in use   CN info 6/06
East Dubuque  Ill. Central over Mississippi River B rr 1892, 1899 in use steel  CN through truss, swing, rehabilitated 2013, info 8/10
East Dubuque BNSF 4 Sisinewa St., GPS: 42.49444, -90.64718228 O rr   in use metal BNSF prefab 8/07
Elizabeth Chicago Great Western (CGW) 111 East Myrtle St./Madison St.  C museum 1888 gone wood none restored, info 5/22
Elizabeth (Woodbine) CGW relocated to 3598 E. Woodbine Rd., Elizabeth, IL 61028 C storage 1887 gone wood none YouTube video (@3:48) 6/18
Galena Ill. Central 101 Bouthillier St.  P Chamber of Commerce, visitors center 1857 in use brick CN 2 story 5/22
Portage CB&Q Galena River, SE of town, GPS: 42.37575, -90.44560 B rr   in use steel BNSF    
Scales Mound Ill. Central West Fork Apple River, east of town B rr   in use        
Whitton CB&Q relocated about 2 miles east of town on Whitton Rd. one mile south of Depot Rd. intersection C unused   none wood none modified slightly 9/05
Winston CGW 2641 W. Blackjack Rd., Galena, IL Tn park 1888  gone stone portals, brick-lined  none Winston Tunnel State Natural Area, abandoned in 1972, west portal intact, east portal caved in 2/05

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

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