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
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  Cass St./Scott St. F   c1899 in use stone none  gutted by fire  
Joliet Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe over I&M Canal B rr c1909 in use steel BNSF single span skewed Warren through truss  
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  
Joliet Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Washington St. T abandoned   in use brick   CN Endangered! 1/10
Joliet Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Des Plaines River in downtown, north of I-80 B rr 1932 in use steel CN Warren through truss/vertical lift 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, north of Jackson, west of Maple Rh rr 1911/1924 in use brick EJ&E 31 stalls  
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 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. Eh vacant c1910 gone metal none turntable nearby  
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./Commerce St. P business c 1855, 1863? in use stone Metra Metra Stop 9/07
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   9/07
Mokena Metra 11040 McGovney's St. C rr   in use brick Metra Metra stop  
New Lenox Metra GPS: 41.51472, ‑87.96240 P rr 2020 in use brick Metra Metra stop  
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
Peotone Ill. Central 114 Railroad St. C business   in use wood IC   5/07
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    
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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