The Freeport station of

Freeport, Illinois Freeport is the county seat and largest city of Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,973 at the 2020 census, and the mayor of Freeport is Jodi Miller, elected in 2017. Freeport is known for hosting the second Linc ...

originally served the

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. 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

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in 1971, but resumed between Chicago and Dubuque in 1974 under the name '' Black Hawk''. Service ceased again on September 30, 1981. The depot still stands as a business.

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.http://streamlinermemories.info/Milw/Milw55TT.pdf

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Freeport, Illinois– TrainWeb
Former Amtrak stations in Illinois Former Illinois Central Railroad stations Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations Railway stations opened in 1855 1974 establishments in Illinois Railway stations closed in 1971 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1974 Railway stations closed in 1981 {{Illinois-railstation-stub