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 |
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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