For Illinois Central Fans.( Celebrating over 1000 posts )

[Anonymous]

I'm not an IC modeler but I have always liked IC. Riding Metra Electric has always provided great railfanning. My fondest memory of IC is a recent one, pacing 3 IC SD70's north along Illinois 50 just south of Monee, IL pulling a coal train.
Yoshi- IC main trunk runs from Chicago to New Orleans with lines out to Omaha, and St Louis along with several others. IC is now owned by CN. http://icrrhistorical.org/

[railroadyoshi]

I'm not planning to model it but it is a railroad that caught my attention.
Where all did it run? For some reason my mind say Chicago-Gulf
Wasn't it bought out by a Canadian RR? CP mebbe?

[cacole]

I like Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois since I was raised in Pinckneyville, so I run all 3 on our club layout. Each club member has favorites from their original homeown areas -- Rock Island, New York Central, Burlington, Monon, etc., and the club layout is free-lanced with no particular road in mind.

Pictures of the club layout are at http://members.cox.net/cacole2

I wish someone would make a model of the Missouri Pacific doodlebug that used to run between Mt. Vernon and Chester. It passed through Pinckneyville twice daily. The last time I ever saw it, it was sitting on a siding in Dupo, Illinois, awaiting the scrapper's torch.

[bobblaisdell]

I model the Illinois Central in both HO scale and O gauge. I have modeled the IC for as long as I can remember. I am 60 years old and have some great memories of riding on the IC from Champaign, Illinois to Chicago. I also used to live next door to an IC steam locomotive engineer. He was just learning how to drive diesels. He offered to take me for a ride in the cab of his steam loco. Sorry to say he died before I could take him up on the offer. This would have been in the mid to late 1950's, I believe.
Bob Blaisdell
Champaign, Illinois, on the Mainline of Mid-America

[Cox 47]

ICMR I like and try to model the IC in N scale I have some IC pictures but can't post them...I think there is a a group intrested in the history of the road.There has been a lot of IC stuff released over the years in HO including at least 2 Brass steamers...Centrallia car shops made a plastic side door caboose that is good...Cox 47

[icmr]

How many of you like and/or model Illinois Central?

Just stop in and lets talk about Illinois Central. Pictures are welcome.



ICMR

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