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The Freeport station of Freeport, Illinois originally served the Illinois Central Railroad. Over the years, the station hosted the Illinois Central's Hawkeye, Iowan, Land O'Corn, and Sinnissippi trains. Passenger service ceased upon the formation of Amtrak in 1971, but resumed between Chicago and Dubuque in 1974 under the name Black Hawk.[4][5] Service ceased again on September 30, 1981.[3] The depot still stands as a business.

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Freeport, IL
Inter-city rail station
Freeport station in 1981
General information
Location	239 East Stephenson Street, Freeport, Illinois 61032
Line(s)	Illinois Central Gulf
History
Opened	1853 (C&NW), 1855 (IC), February 13, 1974 (Amtrak)[1]
Closed	1949 (C&NW) April 30, 1971 (Illinois Central)[2] September 30, 1981 (Amtrak)[3]
Original company	Illinois Central, Chicago and North Western Railway
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Warren toward Dubuque Black Hawk 1974–1981 Rockford toward Chicago Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Eleroy toward Sioux City Sioux City – Chicago Evarts toward Chicago Terminus Freeport – Centralia South Freeport toward Centralia Scioto Mills toward Madison Madison – Freeport Terminus Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Terminus Freeport Branch Ridott toward West Chicago
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Lena toward Rockford Black Hawk Rockford toward Chicago

Milwaukee Road station

To the northeast of the Illinois Central depot stands the Freeport Milwaukee Road depot in a dilapidated state. This station served the Racine & Southwestern Line of the Milwaukee Road and hosted the a section of the Chicago to Kansas City Southwest Limited and a section of the Chicago to Omaha Arrow. Both of these services split off the Chicago bound trains at Savanna, Illinois to head towards Milwaukee, Wisconsin and did the reverse when heading to Kansas City or Omaha.[6]

References

External links

• Freeport, Illinois– TrainWeb

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