Station: Chicago, IL - Dearborn Station

Dearborn Station, Chicago Dearborn Station is at Polk and South Dearborn streets in downtown Chicago. It began operation in 1885 and continues.

The depot served the following railroads over time:

  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
  • Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway (Monon Route)
  • Chicago & Erie Railroad
  • Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
  • Grand Trunk Railway
  • Wabash Railroad

Image info: The Dearborn street station at Chicago, around 1915.


Notes

On the GTW, the telegraph call here was "HF".


Time Line

1917: The GTW had operators here. The location was referred to as "WH". [TRT]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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