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Concerning the Coal City line, Glendinning's book mentions Gladstone bought the line when it was offered to him but he only wanted the part opposite Braidwood to Joliet.  He should have also bought the part to Streator, also; Santa Fe bought it to get to Chicago and laid track parallel to the C&A. He also mentions that there was so much mining around Braidwood, switch engines delaying trains, etc., that he built a line south of the mine area over to Coal City to connect with the line he just bought to avoid those delays.  Never saw a town around Mazonia in my youth; it was just a junction. When I was working Mazonia tower (1950), there was double track to Coal City and single track north towards Elwood and Joliet.   I have pictures of the switches and moving points crossing that allowed the double track from the south to continue northwest (actually more like due north) to Coal City.  I don't believe the current single track toward Coal City is connected at the Coal City end. Art
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