Download or read book Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad written by Clifford J. Downey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) operated approximately 600 miles of mainline track throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, stretching from the Mississippi River to the central part of the state. In addition to Louisville, the state's largest city, the ICRR also served dozens of small towns. Kentucky's economy was built around coal mining and farming, and the ICRR played a major role in both industries. ICRR's coal trains served as a conveyor for Kentucky coal moving to Midwest factories, and the road hauled a wide variety of agricultural products, including tobacco, grain, and fresh fruit. No mention of the ICRR would be complete without discussing the fleet of fast passenger trains that whisked Kentucky residents to and from distant cities. To maintain the locomotives that hauled all these trains the ICRR operated one of the nation's largest locomotive repair shops in Paducah.

Download or read book The Illinois Central Railroad In Kentucky As Seen Through Postcards written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illinois Central Railroad (IC), between 1851 and 1856, built a rail line from Chicago IL, to Cairo IL. In 1876, IC entered Kentucky by purchasing the Mississippi Central Railroad that ran from East Cairo KY; via Fulton KY; to Canton, MI; and the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad that operated between New Orleans LA, and Canton MI. In 1896, Chesapeake Ohio & Southwestern and Ohio Valley Railroad were sold to IC. In 1896, when IC bought the Ohio Valley Railroad, that gave IC a route from Evansville IN, to Hopkinsville KY. End of track for IC in Louisville KY was Central Station, built in 1891 and served IC both as a depot and office building. In 1927 at Paducah KY, IC built their main locomotive repair and erecting shop. In 1970, IC operated some 550 miles of track in Kentucky. In 1972, IC merged with Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad to form Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG). Then in 1998, IC was sold to Canadian National Railway (CN) and lost its identity.

Download or read book Illinois Central Railroad in Western Kentucky written by Clifford J. Downey and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illinois Central Railroad served fourteen states, including Kentucky. This pictorial explores IC's operations in western Kentucky during railroad's "Golden Era" of the 1940's through 1960's. Rare color photographs of IC's steam locomotives in action are included, along with scenes of IC's depots and trains.

Download or read book Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad written by Clifford J. Downey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Headquartered in Chicago, the Illinois Central Railroad was known as the "Main Line of Mid-America," as it was a major railroad cutting through the middle section of the United States with two major routes: the Main Line, which ran south out of Chicago toward New Orleans, and the Western Lines, which ran west toward Iowa. The Illinois Central Railroad had eight major freight yards in Chicago, which in 1937 handled nearly two million freight cars. It was also well known for its passenger service and operated some of the finest passenger trains: the Green Diamond, the all-Pullman Panama Limited, and the City of New Orleans. Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad covers the railroad's operations within the city of Chicago, plus the outlying suburbs, from the late 1800s to 1960. It explores, through vintage photographs, the passenger and freight trains, suburban trains, locomotives, shops and repair facilities, and people that made the railroad function.

Download or read book Biennial Report written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Illinois Central Railroad written by John F. Stover and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s 1950s written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.

Download or read book A Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands written by Illinois Central Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands written by Illinois Central Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biennial Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book The Paducah Kentucky Shops of the Illinois Central Railroad Company written by Harold Theodore Larsen and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Organization and Traffic of the Illinois Central System written by Illinois Central Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Illinois Central Railroad written by Tom Murray and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.