Illinois Central Railroad main line

E872896

rail corridor railway line

The Illinois Central Railroad main line was a major north–south rail corridor in the central United States, historically linking Chicago with the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a key route for both passenger and freight traffic.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois Central Railroad corridor	1
Illinois Central Railroad main line canonical	1
Illinois Central main line	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rail corridor ⓘ railway line ⓘ
builtFor	bulk freight traffic ⓘ long-distance passenger service ⓘ
connectsTo	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulfport, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	north–south ⓘ
economicRole	facilitated movement of Midwestern agricultural products to Gulf ports ⓘ supported north–south trade in the central United States ⓘ
electrification	not electrified on most segments ⓘ
endPoint	Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	historically important in development of Chicago as a rail hub ⓘ key route in the expansion of rail service to the Gulf Coast ⓘ
historicalOperator	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major north–south rail corridor in the central United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
notableTrainService	City of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ Panama Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedBy	Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Illinois Central Railroad network NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfRoute	Chicago–New Orleans rail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedCity	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	still in use on major segments ⓘ
successorOperator	Canadian National Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usedFor	freight rail transport ⓘ passenger rail transport ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Homewood station → formerRailLine → Illinois Central Railroad main line ⓘ

Illinois Central City of New Orleans → railLineUsed → Illinois Central Railroad main line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Central main line

Three Rivers Trail (Iowa) → railTrailConversionOf → Illinois Central Railroad main line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Central Railroad corridor