Minooka Station
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Minooka
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
The station
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| Location | Minooka, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | track owned by CSX Transportation | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1852 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Summit | |||||||||||||||
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Minooka Station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Minooka, Illinois. It was the highest point on the Rock Island Line and was originally called Summit. The town was later renamed by settler Dolly Smith to Minooka. (meaning "good land" or "high place")CSX Transportation runs freight trains on the New Rock Subdivision with Iowa Interstate trackage rights.
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