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Station: Frankfort, IL
Frankfort is a village in Will County, 12 miles east of Joliet, Illinois. The current population is approximately 18,000 (2010). The town was incorporated in 1879. [Wiki]
Frankfort was a station stop on the Michigan Central Joliet Branch line which operated from East Gary to Joliet.
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Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the day shift. [TRT]
1955. Station is staffed on the day shift. Telegraph call is "RF". [NYC-2024-Q3]
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