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The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly on January 16, 1836. [4] Within a few months Rep. Zadok Casey (D-Illinois) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing a land grant to the company to construct a line from the mouth of the Ohio River to Chicago and on to Galena. [5]
This company was incorporated March 2, 1906, in Illinois, in the interest of the Illinois Central Railroad, to construct a railroad in the city of Rockford, Ill. In May 1906 right-of-way in Rockford was purchased for $3,600.85. The company expended $178.60 for its charter. These amounts were advanced by the Illinois Central.
Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad: IC 1999: Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway: GLT 2004: Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway: CN December 1971 [2] Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway: Transtar Inc. (United States Steel Corporation) 2009 Grand Trunk Western Railroad: CN December 1971 [2] Great Lakes Fleet: GLT 2004: Illinois Central ...
With entrepreneur Jack Haley as president and CEO, the Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad was formed by a spin-off from the by-then-named Illinois Central Gulf. [5] Distinct operations began on December 24, 1985. [6] The IC repurchased the railroad in 1996 and operated it as a subsidiary until the IC itself was purchased by CN three
Illinois Central Railroad: Herrin and Southern Railroad: CB&Q: 1909 1914 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad: HY&T 1922 1953 N/A Hooppole, Yorktown and Tampico Railroad: HY&T 1913 1917 Galesburg, Rockford and Northern Railroad: I&M Rail Link: IMRL 1997 2002 Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad ...
Illinois Central Railroad. In 1998, IC was purchased by CN, which also acquired the Chicago Central in the deal. A year later, the two railroads were formally amalgamated into the CN system. Iowa Northern Railway. In 2023, CN acquired the Iowa Northern Railway, but the transaction is awaiting approval by the Surface Transportation Board (STB ...
The line was built by the Illinois Central Railroad, one of the first commuter services outside the major metropolitan areas of the northeastern United States. It opened on July 21, 1856 between the IC's then-downtown station, Great Central Station, (now Millennium Station) and Hyde Park.
The 270-mile (430 km) line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August, 1986. The 223-mile (359 km) main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with branch lines from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield, Kentucky and another from Cecilia to Elizabethtown, Kentucky.