ABANDONED RAILROADS

BURLINGTON ROUTE

Shabbona & Sterling Subdivision

FORMERLY Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route)
CONSTRUCTED 1872 by Chicago & Rock River Railroad (Shabbona-Rock Falls)
CONSTRUCTED 1884 (Rock Falls-Sterling)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: late 1940's/mixed train since late 1910's
ABANDONED 1939 (Shabbona-Paw Paw)/1984 (Paw Paw-Sterling)

Segment from Shabbona to Paw Paw was abandoned early, 1939. After then, this line was combined with line from Sheridan to Paw Paw, connecting with main line at Earlville. Line was also later combined with segment west of Sterling to Denrock, which was originally part of a route from Sterling to St. Louis.

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Shabbona to Sterling
Distance is from Shabbona

0.0 Shabbona
8.5 Paw Paw
11.9 CMSP&P Crossing
13.8 Compton
17.0 West Brooklyn
21.9 Shaws
27.0 Amboy
27.4 IC Crossing
32.7 Walton
38.8 Harmon
42.2 C&NW Crossing
47.1 Rock Falls
47.4 C&NW Crossing
47.7 Sterling

1 track, unsignaled.

LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.