DeKalb | ||||||||||||||||
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Chicago and North Western Railway station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 200 N Sixth Street DeKalb, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°55′45″N 88°44′47″W / 41.929203°N 88.746323°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform (removed) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 5 (2 remain) | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1853 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1971 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1891 | |||||||||||||||
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DeKalb station is a former railway station in Downtown DeKalb, Illinois. It served passenger trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) along its main line between Chicago and Omaha. The station was designed by Charles Sumner Frost and Alfred Hoyt Granger in 1891 and closed for passenger service in 1971. The building still stands and is used by the Union Pacific Railroad for offices.