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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...
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  • Terminal Railroad (BOCT) Decatur Central Railroad Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI) Decatur Junction Railway (DT) Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)...
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  • The Supreme Court decision in Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois, 146 U.S. 387 (1892), reaffirmed that each state in its sovereign capacity holds title...
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    Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of...
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  • Illinois Central Railroad Depot, and variations, may refer to: Amboy Illinois Central Depot, Amboy, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic...
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    Jersey for the Illinois Central Railroad. Constructed in 1898, the locomotive was used for fast passenger service between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans...
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    support railroad projects. The Illinois Central received nearly 2.6 million acres of land in Illinois. The main laws, known as the Pacific Railroad Acts...
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    established. The Illinois Central West Line from present-day Millennium Station to Addison, Illinois, (closed 1931), Pennsylvania Railroad line to Valparaiso...
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    the Midwest. In 2019, citizens of Makanda rallied against the Illinois Central Railroad Company after an announcement of a tower set to be built in the...
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    Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, it also served other companies via trackage rights. It opened in 1893, replacing Great Central Station (on the...
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    The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (reporting mark CC) (Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad) is part of the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), which...
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    electric railroad with extensive passenger and freight business in central and southern Illinois from 1896 to 1956. When Depression era Illinois Traction...
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  • International Airport, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge, and Thornton. The Illinois Central Railroad electrified its three commuter lines serving Chicago in 1926 pursuant...
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  • Ohio Railroad merged into the Illinois Central Railroad, forming the 9600-mile north-south Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. In 1988, the railroad dropped...
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  • The Illinois and Midland Railroad (reporting mark IMRR) is a railroad in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving Peoria, Springfield and Taylorville. Until...
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    Utah, and Illinois routes 32 and 33 also run through the city. It is also a major railroad junction, the crossing of the Illinois Central main line from...
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  • Railroad Alaska Central Railroad Arizona Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Gulf Railroad California Central Railway Central...
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    The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States...
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    Massachusetts, and a director of the Illinois Central Railroad. Rantoul was laid out in 1854 for the Illinois Central Railroad by John Penfield. A post office...
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    Illinois Central 2613 was a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive, built by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah, Kentucky shops in 1943. No. 2613...
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  • Houston and Texas Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Illinois Terminal Company Illinois Terminal Railroad Indianapolis...
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    the Illinois Central Railroad during Kinmundy's construction. He visited the area in 1856. Kinmundy is located in northeastern Marion County. Illinois Route...
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    railroad junction for the Illinois Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. In summer of 1853, the Illinois Central Railroad...
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    The Central Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CIRY) was a shortline railroad in Illinois. The switching and terminal railroad operated trackage near Peoria...
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  • Thumbnail for Carbondale, Illinois
    Southern Illinois outside the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis. Carbondale was established in 1853 and developed as a crossroads of the railroad industry...
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  • Thumbnail for Illinois Central 201
    Illinois Central 201 is a steam locomotive, originally owned and operated by Illinois Central Railroad. The engine hauled thousands of passengers to the...
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  • Thumbnail for Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
    and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) was a railroad running west from Chicago to Freeport, Illinois, never reaching Galena, Illinois. A later route went...
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  • B. McClellan, the president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad and Illinois Central Railroad, as well as its attorney, Abraham Lincoln. With Lincoln's...
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    The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville...
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    Mississippi Central Railroad (reporting mark MSCI) is a short line railroad that operates three disconnected tracks: 51 miles from Oxford, Mississippi...
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