The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870). There was a significant branch to Omaha, Nebraska (1899) west of Fort Dodge, Iowa and another branch reaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1877) starting from Cherokee, Iowa.
The Canadian National Railway gained control of the IC in 1998, and it is now a subsidiary and part of the CN Southern Region.
Read more about Illinois Central Railroad: History, Illinois Central Railroad Locomotives, Passenger Train Service, Company Officers, Preservation, Mississippi Central (1852–1878), Mississippi Central (1897–1967)
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