Illinois Central Railroad (pre-1972)
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The Illinois Central Railroad was one of the major freight and passenger railroads in the central U.S. until 1972, and is now part of CN (as an operating subsidiary). Lines formerly operated by it or a subsidiary before the 1972 merger with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad should be tagged old_railway_operator=IC in addition to railway=rail (if still in use) or railway=abandoned.
See a list of lines from 1916.
Below is a list (roughly complete) of ex-IC lines, with mapping status.
IC proper
| Name | From | To | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago District | Chicago | Champaign | ||
| South Chicago Branch | 67th Street (Chicago) | South Chicago | ||
| Blue Island Branch | Blue Island Junction | Blue Island | ||
| Champaign District | Champaign | Branch Junction (Centralia) | ||
| Gilman Line | Gilman | Clinton | ||
| Bloomington District | Otto | Normal Junction (Bloomington?) | ||
| Tracy District | Buckingham | Tracy | ||
| Pontiac District | Saxony | Minonk Junction | ||
| Peoria District | Pekin | Mattoon | jointly owned from Decatur Junction to Hervey City | |
| Mattoon District | Mattoon | Evansville | ||
| New Harmony Branch | Stewartsville | New Harmony | ||
| Effingham District | Effingham | Palestine | ||
| Indianapolis District | Palestine | Indianapolis | ||
| Havana District | Champaign | Havana | ||
| Decatur District | White Heath | Decatur | ||
| Rantoul District | LeRoy | West Lebanon | ||
| Springfield District | Clinton | Bridge Junction (East St. Louis) | ||
| Clinton District | Clinton | Branch Junction (Centralia) | ||
| Amboy District | Freeport | Clinton | ||
| Freeport District | Chicago | Freeport | ||
| Addison Line | South Addison | Addison | ||
| Madison District | Freeport | Madison | ||
| Dodgeville District | Red Oak | Dodgeville | ||
| Dubuque District | Freeport | Waterloo | ||
| Albert Lea District | Cedar Falls | Glenville | ||
| Cedar Rapids District | Manchester | Cedar Rapids | ||
| Stacyville Branch | Stacyville Junction | Stacyville | ||
| Onawa District | Cherokee | Onawa | ||
| Sioux Falls District | Cherokee | Sioux Falls | ||
| Cherokee District | Tara | Sioux City | ||
| Waterloo District | Waterloo | Fort Dodge | ||
| Omaha District | Fort Dodge | Omaha | ||
| Centralia District | Branch Junction (Centralia) | Cairo | ||
| St. Louis District | East St. Louis | Texas Junction (Carbondale?) | ||
| Carbondale District | Carbondale | Brookport | ||
| Eldorado District | Pinckneyville | Eldorado | ||
| Carondelet District | East Carondelet | Belleville | ||
| Murphysboro District | Texas Junction | Mounds Junction | trackage rights from Thebes to Olive Branch | |
| Johnston City Branch | Johnston City | Carbondale | ||
| Golconda Branch | Reevesville | Golconda | ||
| Christopher Branch | Christopher | Herrin | ||
| Sand Ridge Branch | Matthews Junction (Groves?) | Sand Ridge | ||
| Louisville District | Louisville | Central City | ||
| Paducah District | Central City | East Cairo | ||
| Hodgenville and Elizabethtown Railroad | Cecelia | Hodgenville | ||
| Owensboro District | Owensboro | Horse Branch | ||
| Evansville District | Henderson | Hopkinsville | leased from L&N between Princeton and Gracey | |
| Uniontown Branch | Morganfield | Uniontown | ||
| Dixon Branch | Blackford | Dixon | ||
| Providence Branch | Wheatcroft | Providence | ||
| Water Valley District | Water Valley | Canton | ||
| Grenada District | Memphis Junction (Grenada) | Memphis | ||
| Aberdeen District | Aberdeen Junction | Aberdeen | ||
| Jackson District | Jackson | Water Valley | ||
| Winfield District | Winfield | Brilliant | ||
| Canton District | Canton | McComb | ||
| McComb District | McComb | New Orleans | ||
| Cairo District | Cairo | Jackson | ||
| Fulton District | Paducah | Memphis | ||
| Dyersburg Branch | Dyersburg | Tigertail | ||
| Troy Branch | Moffat | Troy | ||
| Memphis and State Line Railroad | Woodstock | East Junction | ||
| Birmingham District | Frogmoor (Jackson) | Birmingham | trackage rights from Perry to Ruslor and Haleyville to Birmingham | |
| Parkway | Forest Park | |||
| McClure | East Cape Girardeau | |||
| Wilson Junction | Brush Junction | |||
| Mounds | Mound City | |||
| Louisville | Short Route | |||
| Paducah incline | ||||
| Stevens Junction | Mengelwood | |||
| East Thomas Junction | North Birmingham | |||
| Brookhaven | Monticello | |||
| Fredonia | Reeds Junction | |||
| Bloomington | stone quarries | |||
| Kensington | IL-IN line | mostly leased to CSS&SB | ||
| East St. Louis | Belleville | |||
| Brookhaven | gravel pit | |||
| Gulfport | Jackson | G&SI | ||
| Maxie | Mendenhall | G&SI | ||
| Saratoga | Laurel | G&SI | ||
| CM&G Junction (Dyersburg) | Hickman | |||
| Batesville | Crowder |
Y&MV
| Name | From | To | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksdale District | Memphis | Cleveland | ||
| Lake Cormorant District | Lake Cormorant | Tutwiler | ||
| Helena District | Helena | Eagle's Nest | ||
| Tallahatchie District | Clarksdale | Gwin | ||
| Roundaway District | Mattson | Lombardy | ||
| Greenwood District | Greenwood Junction | Grenada | ||
| Sunflower District | Tutwiler | Yazoo Junction (Yazoo City) | ||
| Minter City Branch | Black Bayou Junction | Sislof | ||
| Tchula District | Tchula Junction | Durant | ||
| Swan Lake District | Lambert | Swan Lake | ||
| Blue Lake District | Parchman | Webb | ||
| Charleston District | Philipp | Charleston | ||
| Vicksburg District | Vicksburg | Wilson | ||
| Wilson District | Wilson | New Orleans | ||
| Natchez District | Jackson | Natchez | ||
| Clinton District | Ethel | Clinton | ||
| Woodville District | Slaughter | Woodville | ||
| Baton Rouge District | Baton Rouge | Covington | ||
| Cleveland District | Cleveland | Vicksburg | ||
| Riverside District | Coahoma | Riverside Junction (Rolling Fork) | ||
| Leyland District | Moores | Yerger | ||
| Silver Creek District | Silver City | Kelso | ||
| Kimball Lake District | Rosedale | Dockery | ||
| Helm and Northwestern Line | Helm | Jacobs | ||
| Yazoo District | Asylum (Jackson) | Gwin | ||
| Hampton | Glen Allen | |||
| Timberton | Timberton Junction | |||
| Memphis | Bluff City Belt | |||
| Vicksburg | Meridian | A&V | ||
| Delta Point | Shreveport | VS&P | ||
| Shreveport | Wascom | VS&P; leased to MKT |