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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    City of New Orleans (train) (category Passenger trains of the Illinois Central Railroad)
    and Jackson. The City of New Orleans was first initiated by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1947 as the daytime complement to the Panama Limited, a night...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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 changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was constructed to join the Macon and Western Railroad at...
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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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  • Francis T. Bacon (c. 1865–1909), supervising architect of the Illinois Central Railroad system Frank Bacon (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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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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    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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    Casey Jones (category Illinois Central Railroad people)
    Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad, based in Memphis, Tennessee, and Jackson, Mississippi. He was...
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    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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  • transportation in the first half of the 20th century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity...
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    the west was the recently paved Illinois 2 (today U.S. 51/Main Street), and to the east was the Illinois Central Railroad (today Constitution Trail). Along...
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    County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,927 at the 2020 census. The city was founded in 1855, when the Illinois Central Railroad was built...
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