Illinois Central Railfans Google Group

ICHS Annual Meeting

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:26:34 UT

Complete information about the Illinois Central Historical Society's
Annual Meeting has been posted on the ICHS Web Site at:

[link]

Tom Parker

Starting a NEW FORUM for IC.

trus...@gmail.com (Preston Trusler) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:43:47 UT

Mr. Parker,
A backup note; please get your friends to sound off to the operators of
Railroad.Net in favor of the proposal for a new Illinois Central forum on
Railroad.Net;
[link]
Presently, pre-merger IC is lumped together with CN. Let's give IC the
space it warrants! Thanks!

New IC Board at Railroad.Net.

trus...@gmail.com (Trusler@gmail.com) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:36:21 UT

Calling all Illinois Central Enthusiasts and Veteran Employees!

If you are interested in having your own section at Railroad.Net,
please go to this link and make your voices heard!

[link]

Currently, Illinois Central is lumped into the Canadian National

Re: [ICFans] Re: Head end traffic

snbran...@aol.com — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:42:11 UT

I too rode No. 8 and No. 25 in the mid-60s between Champaign and Chicago when
I was an undergraduate at the Univ. of Illinois and my girlfriend, now my
wife, lived in Chicago. I remember a wide variety of head end cars, lots of
storage mail and express cars of all kinds, including green baggage-mail-express

Re: [ICFans] Re: Head end traffic

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom Parker) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:26:42 UT

Numbers 8 and 25 were locals and you were liable to see almost any kind of
cars on them. The Illinois Central had some Pullman green baggage cars and
while I can't swear to it, they most probably were found on trains like 8
and 25, or 15 & 16 between Memphis and St. Louis and sometimes on trains 3
and 4. Carloads of bulk mail as well as express was interchanged between

Re: [ICFans] Re: Head end traffic

headp...@gmail.com (JohnD) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:00:32 UT

Thanks Tom.
Just as a side note: my family and I will be taking the "City" from New
Orleans to Memphis on the 16th and back again on the 18th. It'll be our
first trip by train (There's not much passenger service in the south). My
four year old son is very excited (as am I).
Cheers,
John

Re: Head end traffic

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:14:52 UT

I remember that train number 8, the Creole, would handle strawberrys
between Louisiana (Hammond, I think) and Chicago. They were in REA
reefers. Number 8 would set them out at East Junction and a switch
engine would take them to the ice plant at Johnston Yard for re-icing,
then would run them back to Central Station to be put on the outbound

Head end traffic

headp...@gmail.com (JohnD) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:41:10 UT

I'm trying to find information on head end traffic on ICs passenger
trains (i.e. the types of cars used). I've found information about
head end traffic on passenger trains in general but nothing specific
to IC. All the photos I can find show bagage cars and RPOs in the IC
livery, but I can't find any images of REA refers or anything non

View this page "Illinois Central Locomotive Assignments February 1953"

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:49:14 UT

Illinois Central Locmotive Assignments February 1953 has been added to
the Illinois Central Railfans site. Click on
[link]
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.

View this page "Illinois Central Locomotive Assignments February 1953"

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:39:37 UT

Click on [link]
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.

Re: [ICFans] Fwd: IC Motive Power

tscottpar...@gmail.com (Tom Parker) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:49:47 UT

Chuck:
I've got the 1953 motive power assignment sheet posted in the files section.
I worked as a clerk in the Transportation Department and never knew Dudley
Turner. Did you send it to anyone in particular at the ICHS? If it's OK,
I'll post it on my illinoiscentral.net site as well. I'll give you credit

Fwd: IC Motive Power

we...@mindspring.com (Charles V Weart) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:14:27 UT

Charles V Weart
CW Rail Consulting Services Inc
3731 North 151st Avenue
Goodyear, Arizona 85395
623-535-0325

Bluford, Ill

we...@mindspring.com (chuck71) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:29:24 UT

Good morning all:
Does any one have info on the facilities at Bluford during steam days?
I looked at google earth and the microsoft program and it looked like
there is nothing there. I can't even see a outline of a roundhouse. If
this was a major engine change point, there must have been a shop

Re: [ICFans] about a ic pictures

headp...@gmail.com (JohnD) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:33:28 UT

here's a decent shot of 3107. I don't know how well it'll blow up, you might
want to ask the photo owner about acquiring a larger res version.
[link]
No luck on the 7000 though.
JohnD

about a ic pictures

icrr3...@rrmail.com (ICRR3107) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:50:52 UT

does any body know where i can get a good picture of ic sd45 number
7000 to hang up on my wall and also ic 3107

thanks icrr3107