Will County, Illinois

City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Beecher Chicago & Eastern Illinois relocated near Hodges/Reed St. C  museum   late 1880s none wood none restored 5/09
Blodgett Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe south of town in Des Plaines Conservation Area B rr   in use   BNSF    
Channahon Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific over DuPage River B rr c1910 in use/ abandoned steel   2 parallel plate girder bridges  
Channahon EJ&E west of town over I&M Canal B rr 1910 in use steel   plate girder, single span  
Homer Glen Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific GPS: 41.580632, ‑87.976863 P private 1900 n/a brick none relocated from New Lenox 2018  
Crete Chicago & Eastern Illinois relocated to 550 Exchange St. C business none wood none freight section removed, originally depot at Goodenow, moved to Crete in 1948 when original Crete depot burned down 11/17
Frankfort Joliet & Southern 11 White Street ICb retail c1908 gone wood none railroad history  
Hickory Creek Metra 9430 Hickory Creek Dr., Mokena P rr 1993 in use brick Metra Metra Rock Island stop, image  
Joliet Union Station 50 E. Jefferson St./Scott St. P event space 1912 in use stone BNSF used by CRI&P, AT&SF, C&A (Gulf, Mobile & Ohio) 5/23
Joliet Amtrak, Metra 90 East Jefferson Street Joliet, IL 60432 P rr 2018 in use concrete, stone BNSF, UP, CN, Metra Gateway Center, Replaced Union Station, located in NE quadrant of junction 5/23
Joliet Chicago & Altron (GM&O) between Patterson Rd. and S.R. 52 M unused c1910 in use misc.   South Joliet Yard, few remaining structures, turntable  
Joliet CRI&P/AT&SF/GM&O across from depot T museum 1912  in use stone Metra UD Tower, museum 5/15
Joliet Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe over I&M Canal B rr 1935 in use steel BNSF single span skewed Baltimore through truss, info 6/26
Joliet Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe over I&M Canal B highway ? gone wood none multi-span timber trestle  
Joliet Chicago & Altron (GM&O) across Sugar Creek south of AT&SF B rr c1880 in use` stone   modified with later additions  
DELETEJoliet Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Washington St. T abandoned   in use brick CN Endangered! DELETE 1/10
Joliet Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific over Des Plaines River in downtown, north of I-80, GPS: 41.52094, -88.087739 B rr 1932 in use steel CN Warren through truss, vertical lift, info 8/05
Joliet Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 101 E. Clinton St. P fire station 1881   gone stone none modified 2008
Joliet Elgin, Joliet & Eastern East Joliet Yard Sh business c1924-30  in use concrete/brick company carshop building used by car refurbisher, miscellaneous other structures  
Joliet Elgin, Joliet & Eastern East Joliet Yard O rr 1930 in use brick EJ&E 2 story office building  
Joliet Elgin, Joliet & Eastern over road, AT&SF, C&A,Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, I&M Canal, and Des Plaines River, GPS: 41.55484, -88.07747 B/T rr 1906-1933  in use steel EJ&E Joliet Viaduct consists of several bridges, two 2 span through plate girders, vertical lift bridge, and deck plate girder. Bridge Jct. Cabin  
Joliet Elgin, Joliet & Eastern off Collins St., north of State Prison B highway c1900 gone steel none formerly railroad viaduct into coke plant, girder and plate girder spans  
Joliet Michigan Central Bissell St., approx. GPS: 41.52553, -88.06103 Eh vacant c1910 gone metal none Background info.
Status uncertain. Area is no longer a rail yard.
 
Laraway Road Metra 1861 Village Station Blvd., New Lenox P rr 2006?  in use brick Metra Metra Southwest Service stop 3/13
Lockport Chicago & Altron (GM&O) W. 13th St. & State St. P business, civic 1860 in use stone Metra Metra Heritage Corridor stop, info 6/26
Lockport Wabash Pioneer Settlement C museum 1882 none wood none moved from Symerton 9/07
Manhattan Metra 15601 W. Sweedler, near U.S. 52/Front St. P   rr   in use brick Metra Metra Southwest Service stop 9/07
Mokena Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ? 11040 McGovney St. C rr 1949? in use brick Metra Metra Rock Island stop, info  
New Lenox Metra 201 N. Prairie Road, GPS: 41.51447, -87.96526 P rr 2020 in use brick Metra Metra Rock Island stop, image  
New Lenox Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific relocated to Homer Glen P private 1900  n/a brick none relocated to Homer Glen 2018 7/21
east of New Lenox Wabash over CRI&P (Metra) B rr   in use steel Metra through truss 9/07
New Lenox Laraway Road Metra 1861 Village Station Blvd. P rr   in use brick Metra Metra Southwest Service stop, image  
Peotone Ill. Central 114 Railroad St. C business   in use wood IC   5/07
Plainfield Joliet, Plainfield & Aurora 24216 Lockport St. ICb business c1902 gone brick none history 3/26
Plainfield EJ&E relocated to Wood Farm Rd./U.S. 30 (Lockport Rd.) C  museum  1885 nearby wood CN restored 12/11
Rockdale Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific west of town over I&M Canal B rr 1911 in use steel CSX deck plate girder swing span  
Rockdale Illinois Traction Midland St./Mound St. ICS business 1911 gone brick none    
Romeoville Metra 899 E. Romeo Rd P rr 2018 in use brick, stone Metra, CN Metra Heritage Corridor stop, image 9/25
Steger Chicago & Eastern Illinois   C business   in use        
Symerton Wabash moved to Lockport C museum 1882 none wood none at Will County Historical Society Pioneer Settlement 2008
Wilmington Chicago & Altron (GM&O) Kankakee River B rr   in use steel   deck girder  

 

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

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