Mendota station is an Amtrak intercity train station at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States.
The station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. It originally contained a hotel, restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, and rooms for railroad employees. In 1942, much of the station was torn down, with little more than the waiting room and ticket office remaining intact.
Today the building is owned and preserved by the Mendota Museum and Historical Society as the Union Depot Railroad Museum.[4] The station is a regular stop for the state-supported Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg trains, and the long-distance Southwest Chief. The California Zephyr also uses these tracks, but does not stop in Mendota. BNSF Railway also has a small freight yard and office adjacent to the station. This yard is used to store trains and locomotives that do local runs along the Mendota Subdivision (which are usually pulled by four axle road switchers).
Bibliography
- Hubbart, Gerald Wesley (1922). History of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. Indiana University. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
References
- ^ Hubbart 1922, p. 5.
- ^ Mendota, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ Mendota Museum and Historical Society
External links
Media related to Mendota station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mendota, IL – Amtrak
- Mendota, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Mendota Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Union Depot Railroad Museum