Illinois Central Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Illinois_Central_Railroad

GPTKB entity

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation	IC
gptkbp:category	Defunct railroads of the United States Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway Railway companies disestablished in 1999 Railway companies established in 1851
gptkbp:dissolved	1999
gptkbp:founded	1851
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major north-south railroad in the U.S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Illinois Central Railroad
gptkbp:logo	Illinois Central Railroad logo.svg
gptkbp:mainLine	Chicago to New Orleans
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Central_Station_(Chicago) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Depot_(Carbondale,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Cairo,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Clinton,_Iowa) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Dubuque,_Iowa) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Jackson,_Mississippi) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(LaSalle,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Memphis,_Tennessee) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(New_Orleans,_Louisiana) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Paducah,_Kentucky) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Sioux_City,_Iowa) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Bridge_(Waterloo,_Iowa) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Brookhaven,_Mississippi) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Clinton,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Gilman,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Grenada,_Mississippi) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Hammond,_Louisiana) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Kankakee,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(McComb,_Mississippi) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(New_Orleans,_Louisiana) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Ullin,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Waterloo,_Iowa) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Yazoo_City,_Mississippi) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Freight_Depot_(Bloomington,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Passenger_Depot_(Mattoon,_Illinois) gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad_Water_Tower_and_Pump_House gptkb:Union_Station_(Memphis)
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Casey_Jones
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Illinois_Central_shopmen's_strike_of_1911 Casey Jones' fatal train wreck in 1900
gptkbp:notableFor	first land grant railroad in the United States
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:Casey_Jones gptkb:City_of_New_Orleans gptkb:The_Wreck_of_the_Old_97
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:City_of_New_Orleans gptkb:Seminole gptkb:Green_Diamond gptkb:Louisiane gptkb:Panama_Limited
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Chicago,_Madison_and_Northern_Railroad gptkb:Chicago,_Paducah_and_Memphis_Railroad gptkb:Chicago,_St._Louis_and_New_Orleans_Railroad gptkb:Chicago_and_Illinois_Western_Railroad gptkb:Illinois_Central_Gulf_Railroad gptkb:Mississippi_Central_Railroad gptkb:Yazoo_and_Mississippi_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:route	over 3,000 miles at its peak
gptkbp:servesCity	gptkb:Champaign,_Illinois gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi gptkb:Memphis gptkb:New_Orleans gptkb:Springfield,_Illinois gptkb:Paducah,_Kentucky gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana gptkb:Cairo,_Illinois gptkb:Decatur,_Illinois
gptkbp:stockSymbol	IC
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lehman_Brothers gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4