I am searching for the following books on the Illinois Central: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Railroad History Bulletin Number 140 - Illinois...
HEy list, IC 6102 (Repaint WF) and IC SD70 10XX all by the IRene HBD (MP71.45 Iowa Div.) at 1510 hrs. Usual M337 consist, approx 10 cars of coal at the end....
I was working in Wallace yard all day today. Didn't see any cars sideways.However, the tracks out of service are probably on the account of MOW machines tied...
I have held a couple different jobs w/ CN but currently I am a mechanic. Had to drop a started in a ballast regulator yesterday and do some odds and ends once...
Hey Guys, Waited unsuccessfully for M338 to arrive in the Chicago suburbs today (Thursday, June 2). Anyone know what time it came in, and what it had for...
Does anyone have photos of the downtown Freeport, IL, area from the early to mid 80s? I am looking for the Burgess Battery company building, and others in the...
When did the last train run on the Madison Branch, and when was the Madison Branch pulled up? Found a neat truss bridge on the Madison Branch, over the creek...
Hi listers, Here in Homewood we have an old ex-ICG/GM&O (ex-B&O, really) position light signal from the old Chicago-St. Louis main line that we are going to be...
Does anyone have drawings of a standard Type C IC depot? Or very detailed photos? We are thinking about building a replica here in Homewood for our railpark...
I don't have drawings, but the small depot at Bone Gap, IL, has been taken over by the local saddle club and, last I saw, it was in excellent shape. Might be...
Paul, As Tom Grant is on your committee and is the one who wrote the Type article in the Green Diamond, I won't point you in that direction. But if you recall,...
OK, dumb question: There are four extant IC depots along my route home from work every day on the Iowa division: Plato Center, Burlington, Genoa and Pinegree...
Keith asks, "When did the last train run on the Madison Branch, and when was the Madison Branch pulled up?" Best I can tell, the tracks came up in 1988 or...
I'm pretty sure Genoa is a Type B like the American Model Builders laser cut model. (Poseyville IN - on the PD&E was a reverse type B) Hal Kattau New Harmony,...
Keith asks, "Does anyone have photos of the downtown Freeport, IL, area from the early to mid 80s? I am looking for the Burgess Battery company building, and...
I can't recall the exact time, but he left Freeport, IL (MP 115.6) around 16:30 & meet the 337 in Seward (MP 100.3) about 17:00. I don't know why he was so ...
Some might think so, but no question about the IC is dumb. Plato Center - Type B Burlington - Type B Genoa - Type A If you've got a photo of the other one, I...
I recall reading somewhere about a robbery on the IC long after the hey day of that sort of thing. Anybody remember where that was? Somebody is asking if it...
Well...that's a loaded question.....there is a LOT of information available here, but maybe if you had some more specific questions....we can start getting you...
Yes. Many people do. Do you have a specific question or questions? ... From: "parrdaman" <lehighvalleyfan@...> To: <illinoiscentral@yahoogroups.com> ...
The Madison Branch was torn out in the summer of 1999. The last train to run on it was a WSOR job from Madison to Belleville. Year unknown but probably not too...
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European Rural Heritage Farm Park at Clermont, Iowa is seeking a small depot that can be moved to their property on HWY 18. The best candidate would be one of...