Illinois Central Railroad

E147157
Class I railroad railroad company

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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Illinois Central Railroad canonical 24
Illinois Central Railroad network 2
Illinois Central Electric 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy Canadian National Railway ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1998 ⓘ
charteredBy Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
connectedRegion Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Midwest
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 main line ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri

Waterloo, Iowa ⓘ
servedState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
terminus Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
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 Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Electric
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad (historical)
Heritage Corridor → formerOwnerOfRightOfWay → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
CN → hasSubsidiary → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian National Railway
Illinois Central Railroad Station (New Orleans) → servedRailway → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central Railroad Station (New Orleans) → operator → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Illinois Central Railroad Station (New Orleans) → railNetwork → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad network
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad suburban service
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad network
Metra Heritage Corridor → historicalAlignmentOf → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Fulton, Kentucky → servedByRailway → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
Hammond, Louisiana → locatedOn → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad line
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → connectedWith → Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ