Englewood station (Chicago)

Englewood Station or Englewood Union Station in Chicago, Illinois' south side Englewood neighborhood was a crucial junction and passenger depot for three railroads - the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, the New York Central Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad - although it was for the eastbound streamliners of the latter two that the station was truly famous. Englewood Station also served passenger trains of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), which operated over the New York Central via trackage rights.

Englewood
NKP RS36 875; Train 5, The City of Chicago at Englewood on April 21, 1965
Location63rd Street and State Street
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41.7797°N 87.6269°W / 41.7797; -87.6269
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Chicago
Terminus
Main Line South Chicago
toward New York
ChicagoCairo South Chicago
toward Cairo
ChicagoHammond South Chicago
toward Hammond
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Chicago
Terminus
Main Line Cottage Grove Avenue
Valparaiso Local State Line
toward Valparaiso
Chicago – Columbus Cottage Grove Avenue
toward Columbus
Chicago Cincinnati Cottage Grove Avenue
toward Cincinnati
Chicago Louisville Cottage Grove Avenue
toward Louisville
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station
Washington Heights
toward Colorado Springs
Main Line Chicago
Terminus
Normal Park
toward Joliet
Suburban Service
Preceding station New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Following station
Chicago
Terminus
Nickel Plate District Hammond
toward Buffalo

History

Englewood Station stood at the intersection of several rail lines:

The station itself stood near the corner of 63rd and State Streets.

Englewood was the second stop eastbound, and pentultimate such westbound, for both PRR's Broadway Limited and NYC's 20th Century Limited. Both trains would leave their respective terminals in Chicago, stop to embark passengers at Englewood, and leave the station simultaneously, each racing the other for several miles before they diverged.

The westbound Rockets of the Rock Island also stopped at Englewood. Connections could be made at Englewood between any of the railroads at that intersection.

Upon the decline of intercity passenger traffic, and PRR and NYC's merger into Penn Central (and that railroad's bankruptcy and reorganization into Conrail), much of the trackage has been removed, and the commuter trains on the Metra Rock Island District no longer stop at the station, which was closed in the late 1970s. The former tracks of the Pennsylvania are now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and still carry freight and intercity Amtrak passengers to Union Station. The station has for the most part disappeared, but some scattered remnants are visible around the railroad overpass near 63rd Street and State Street.

Notes

References

  • Welsh, Joseph (2002). Passenger Trains of Yesteryear-Chicago Eastbound. Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-602-5.
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