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The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States.Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Illinois Central Railroad: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad: GM&O, GMO GM&O 1940 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad: Hamilton, Lacon and Eastern Railroad: GM&O: 1867 1870 Chicago and Alton Railroad: Hammond Belt Railway: C&O: 1906 N/A Hammond and Blue Island Railroad: NYC: 1893 1896 Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad: Hancock County Bridge ...
1918 map of the railroad. The Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad (reporting mark CIW) was an industrial switching railroad serving the west side of Chicago and southwest Cook County. From a connection with a now defunct north–south railroad line near 31st Blvd. and Western Ave. it went west along 33rd St. to Cicero.
If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge ...
St. Louis and Gulf Railway: Illinois Central Railroad: IC IC 1902 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad: ICG 1972 Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company: 1868 1878 St. Louis Bridge Company: Illinois Southern Railway: MP: 1903 1920 Missouri–Illinois Railroad: I&M Rail Link: IMRL 1997 2002 Iowa, Chicago and Eastern ...
In 1988, the railroad dropped the "Gulf" from its name, reverting its name to the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1996 Illinois Central spun off some of its redundant trackage, including most of the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio. Most of this trackage was acquired by other railroads. On February 11, 1998 the Illinois Central was purchased by the ...
The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, successor to the Illinois Central, sold the line between Hawthorne Yard in Cicero, Illinois, and Freeport (and on to Iowa) in 1985 to the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad. The Illinois Central, after dropping the "Gulf" portion of its name in the late 1980s, reacquired the route in 1996. [3] The IC ...
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