ABANDONED RAILROADS
BURLINGTON ROUTE
Beardstown & St. Louis Subdivision
FORMERLY Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route)
CONSTRUCTED 1870 by Rockford Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1961
ABANDONED 1980 (Whitehall-East Alton)
ABANDONED 1983 (Concord-Whitehall)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is westward from Concord to St. Louis
Distance is from St. Louis
102.1 Concord
97.8 Chapin
94.2 Merritt
92.8 Riggston
87.7 Winchester
81.8 Alsey
75.9 West Roodhouse
73.3 GM&O Crossing
72.7 Whitehall
65.4 Wrights
60.6 Greenfield
55.5 Rockbridge
48.0 Medora
43.7 Piasa
38.6 GM&O Crossing
38.5 Brighton
28.3 Alton Hospital
26.7 NYC Crossing
26.6 East Alton
1 track, unsignaled.
Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.
Past and present towers and interlockings.