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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 No. 382, also known as "Ole' 382" or "The Cannonball", was a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" bought new from the Rogers Locomotive Works in Paterson, New Jersey for the Illinois Central Railroad. [1] Constructed in 1898, the locomotive was used for fast passenger service between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]
Illinois Central Railroad: St. Louis and Peoria Railroad: IC: 1889 1896 St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway: St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway: CNW: 1911 1913 Chicago and North Western Railway: St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway: GM&O, IC: 1898 1900 Chicago and Alton Railway, Illinois Central Railroad: St. Louis, Rock Island ...
The Panama Limited was a passenger train operated from 1911 to 1971 between Chicago, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana.The flagship train of the Illinois Central Railroad, it took its name from the Panama Canal, which in 1911 was three years from completion.
NOTE: From 1883 to 1892, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had a depot between Madison and Monroe Streets, trackage rights via the Illinois Central Railroad. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") used the Illinois Central Railroad local station at 22nd Street in 1882, and the B&O depot in 1883.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company was founded in 1851. By 1853, newly founded Kankakee was connected Chicago, 56 miles (90 km) away. The first train pulled into the station on July 11, 1853. The rail connection reduced the travel time between the two cities from six days by wagon to three hours by rail.
The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [5] At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains.
The depot was built in 1920 by the Illinois Central Railroad.The third station erected at Newbern, it replaced a wooden building that burned in 1918. [3] [4] The new brick facility was a combination depot that accommodated both passenger and freight services in a single one-story building, along with a railroad business office.
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