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In 1988 Illinois Central Gulf dropped the “Gulf” and began a concerted effort to repaint locomotives into what railfans dubbed the “Death Star” scheme. There wasn’t much else on the Mainline of Mid-America by the mid-90s. The new IC was sleek, efficient and profitable – just not as colorful.
For over one hundred years four separate railroads competed for passenger and freight traffic between the New York City metropolitan area and Chicago – the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie, and Baltimore and Ohio.
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CSX to St. Louis and Canadian National’s Chicago to Memphis main, once the main line of the Illinois Central, cross at grade at Effingham. See 24 hours of action.
In a state full of hot spots, Rochelle, Illinois is one of the busiest and best known. See 24 hours of action in the fall of 1993 at the railfan park here.
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Visit the southern half of the Illinois Central Railroad as it existed in 1996 for an eye-opening tour of discovery. The secrets of the IC unfold as our travels take you from Fulton, Kentucky to New Orleans.
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Explore the exciting northern half of the Illinois Central Railroad from the Chicago area to Fulton, Kentucky. You’ll see locals, switch jobs, through-freights, and fast intermodal trains hard at work.
This video shows twenty-four hours of action in October of 2018 on the Canadian National’s historic, former Illinois Central main between Chicago and Leverette, just North of Champaign.
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