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Illinois Central Main Line of Mid-America by Donald Heimburger with photographer
Illinois Central Main Line of Mid-America by Donald Heimburger with photographers Carson & Leander
All color photography of the largest north-south railroad in the United States
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1995 FIRST EDITION
128 pages
Indexed
Illinois Central:
Main Line of Mid-America
By Donald J. Heimburger
350 Full-Color Photographs
The Illinois Central Railroad was the largest north-south rail line in the United States, and when the 705 miles of charter lines were completed in 1856, the IC was the longest railroad in the world.
When the last charter rail was spiked down on September 27, some 70 miles south of Champaign-Urbana, the Midwest was but frontier prairie. But the iron horse was coming, and it played a major role in the expansion of commerce.
Building the IC through Illinois linked many rural farming areas together, connected rural towns with industrial cities and brought new ideas and people to the region.
Many historic figures have been associated with the IC: Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and Edward Harriman participated in the growth of this first land grant line. During World War II, all IC records for freight traffic and passenger miles were broken. Freight revenue shot up 25 percent in 1941, passenger revenue rose 36 percent and the work force grew from 25,000 to nearly 38,000.
By 1951, its centennial year, the IC served 14 states from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and hauled such products as general merchandise, grain and grain products, coal, forest products, cotton, fruits and vegetables. The railroad took pride in helping the states it served become one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world.
Innovation was a key word for the IC. It was one of the first to ship fruit under refrigeration, a sponsor of crop diversification and reforestation, and the first in 1926 to run electric commuter trains west of the Alleghenies.
The railroad was known for its efficient steam locomotives and its vast Paducah shops where many steamers were rebuilt. It was a popular passenger railroad, introducing the deluxe all-Pullman Panama Limited in 1916 on a 23-hour schedule between Chicago and New Orleans.
In vivid color, this book captures the essence of the IC's freight and passenger motive power and rolling stock. The photographs span the decades of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and offer the reader an extraordinary glimpse into this railroad called the Main Line of Mid-America.
Contents
Foreword4
IC Steam: Giants of the Prairie9
Steam Locomotives29
2-4-4T29
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2-6-029
2-8-029
4-6-230,34,35
2-8-231,35,53
4-8-237
2-10-244
0-8-049
0-l0-048
2-10-050
0-8-252
2-8-454
Steam Finale56
On the Property58
Chicago58
St. Louis59
Paducah60
Clinton61
Dubuque61
Galena61
Central City62
Kankakee62
Centralia64
Gilman66
Flossmoor67
Ohio River Bridge67
Diesel Freights68
Diesel Locomotives82
Passenger Trains93
Passenger Diesels103
Passenger Cars110
Old Electric Equipment118
New Electric Equipment120
Work Equipment121
Cabooses124
Around the Railroad126
Index127
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