Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ancona Station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in the unincorporated community of Ancona, Illinois. It a major junction station on the railway since it was point was where the Pekin Branch split from the main line. Ancona was the eastern point where the Santa Fe decided to build track west to existing track in Kansas City in 1889. Freight trains still pass on the double-tracked main line and the location provides a good location for railfans. The branch line to Pekin was abandoned in 1982 although the former right-of-way can still easily be seen.