Illinois Central Railroad

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The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy Canadian National Railway ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1998 ⓘ
charteredBy Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
connectedRegion Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Midwest ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
disestablished 1999 ⓘ
featuredInSong City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman ⓘ
formerTickerSymbol IC ⓘ
fostered economic development along its north–south corridor ⓘ
economic development in the Midwest ⓘ
economic development in the Mississippi Valley ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
historicalRole major carrier of agricultural products ⓘ
major carrier of coal ⓘ
major carrier of passengers between Chicago and the Gulf Coast ⓘ
inception 1851 ⓘ
logoColor green ⓘ
white ⓘ
mergedInto Canadian National Railway ⓘ
notableLine Chicago–Omaha line ⓘ
Chicago–Sioux City line ⓘ
Main line Chicago–New Orleans ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain City of New Orleans ⓘ
Green Diamond ⓘ
Land O’Corn ⓘ
Panama Limited ⓘ
routeDirection north–south ⓘ
servedCity Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
Waterloo, Iowa ⓘ
servedState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
terminus Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ

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Canadian National Railway → owns → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Canadian National Railway → hasSubsidiary → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Allan Pinkerton → employedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Metra Electric District line → formerOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Metra Electric District line → historicalName → Illinois Central Electric ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Van Buren Street Metra station → formerOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → usedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Jarvis Hunt → employer → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Mattoon, Illinois → locatedOn → Illinois Central Railroad (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Heritage Corridor → formerOwnerOfRightOfWay → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Canadian National Railway → hasSubsidiary → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: CN
Illinois Central Railroad Station (New Orleans) → railNetwork → Illinois Central Railroad network ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Lostant, Illinois → servedByRailroadHistorically → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Homewood station → servedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Homewood station → formerOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Union Stock Yards → transportConnections → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Randolph Street Terminal → servedLine → Illinois Central Railroad suburban service ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Randolph Street Terminal → formerRailNetwork → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Randolph Street Terminal → servedOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central City of New Orleans → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central City of New Orleans → railwayCompany → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central City of New Orleans → trackOwner → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central City of New Orleans → historicalOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central City of New Orleans → transportNetwork → Illinois Central Railroad network ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Metra Heritage Corridor → historicalAlignmentOf → Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Fulton, Kentucky → servedByRailway → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Hammond, Louisiana → locatedOn → Illinois Central Railroad line ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → connectedWith → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Cairo, Illinois → connectedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Centralia, Illinois → railroadServedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
EMD GP7 → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: EMD GP7 locomotive
EMD GP9 → usedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: EMD GP9 locomotive
Panama Limited → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Green Diamond → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Green Diamond → railroad → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Land O’Corn → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Land O’Corn → railwayCompany → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Land O’Corn → railroadNetwork → Illinois Central system ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
IC → refersTo → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
IC → usedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
IC → tickerFor → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central Railroad → alsoKnownAs → Illinois Central ⓘ
subject linked to: IC
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad
City of New Orleans → formerRailwayOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
City of New Orleans → formerOperator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
City of New Orleans → introducedBy → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
City of New Orleans → trackOwner → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Chicago and Alton Railroad → successor → Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Central Railroad