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TENNESSEE M I S S I S S I P P I A L A B A M A L O U I S I A N A A R K . I N D I A N A I L L I N O I S M O . IOWA NEB. W I S . M I N N . S. DAK. Sioux Falls Cherokee Tara Fort Dodge Iowa Falls New Hartford WATERLOO Manchester Dubuque E. Dubuque (Dunleith) Galena Sioux City Anthon Alberta Lea Glenville Lyle Stacyville Madison West Jct. Freeport Rockford Forest Park Hammond CHICAGO Addison Mendota Kankakee Otto Gilman Indianapolis Mattoon CHAMPAIGN Decatur Springfield Glen Carbon Madison Pinckneyville M c Clure Cairo Barlow NASHVILLE Perry Corinth Grand Jct. Haleyville Jasper Thomas Jct. Aberdeen Kosciusko JACKSON Saratoga Meridian Laurel Columbia Hammond GULFPORT NEW ORLEANS Baton Rouge Slaughter Clinton Wilson West Monroe Bayou Sara Packton Winnfield Shreveport Woodville Natchez Concordia Jct. Vidalia Orleans Jct. Hattiesburg Canton Vaughan Redwood Jct. Delta Point VICKSBURG MEMPHIS Yazoo City Holly Bluff Brookhaven Grenada Durant Lexington W.V. Jct. BIRMINGHAM Leewood Aulon Lake View Helena Lula Swan Lake Vance Ruleville Minter City Clarksdale Rosedale Lamont Leland Moorhead Greenville Jonestown Woodstock Dyersburg JACKSON Fulton Deer Hickman PADUCAH Mound City CARBONDALE Fredonia Marion Mande Reevesville Vergennes Akin Jct. Herrin Christopher Centralia Du Quoin Eldorado Uniontown New Harmony Murphysboro Belleville E. St. Louis ST. LOUIS Havana Peoria Pekin Minonk Jct. Normal CLINTON Effingham Edgewood Bloomington Palestine LOUISVILLE Elizabethtown Hodgenville Horse Branch Central City Providence Clay Golconda Brookport Henderson Dawson Springs Hopkinsville Evansville Owensboro Rantoul Le Roy Potomac Richton Blue Island Broadview S. Chicago Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs OMAHA G U L F O F M E X I C O L A K E M I C H I G A N SOU PD&E TC SLSF P&PU IT Joint with C&NW WLO Y&MV Y&MV Y&MV Y&MV YD WF W&E VS&P VS&P A&V IC Y&MV Y&MV TS T&G StLSo StLP&N StL&OR GN StLA&TH TRRA IC IC IC SI&K StCAL, C&IW SoChi SRR SI&K R&H PD&E PD&E PD&E OV OFR&GR CA&N NOJ&GN NOJ&GN NOBRV&M NJ&C NOBRV&M NOBRV&M MC M&V MC NO&MV M&T MV L&N M&SL M&SL M&NORR&L NOJ&GN NOStL&C M&A LNO&T LNO&T/M&NW LNO&T LM VB MC MP KW KV K&E K&SW K&SW J&SE IS IS IC IC IC IS IC IC IC IC IC HR&E HR&E H&E G&SI G&SI G&SI G&SI B&E B&E L&N D&SC D&SC D&D Br MC&T MC&T MC&T CStL&NO CStL&NO CStL&NO CO&SW MC MC MC CO&SW CO&SW CR&C GM&O CM&N CM&N CM&N CH&W CH&W CH&W CF&NH CF&M CRI&P Cairo Br C&T C&T HN C&T C&S OV OV CStL&P C&S MCR C&S C&S C&PH C&H CO&SW CO&SW CO&SW CO&SW SI&K CM&G BS BRH&E LNO&T NO&MV NOJ&GN NO&MV (paired) BI B&SI B&SI AW ARR AL&S A&V AW C&D OB&T IF&SC IF&SC FD&O C&D I F & S C F&R © 2007 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS: Jay Smith Source: Predecessor Railroads of the Illinois Central, 1971 map This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. www.TrainsMag.com As of July 31, 1971 Single track Multiple track Trackage rights MAP OF THE MONTH Like other great American railroads, the Illinois Central was a melting pot of many smaller lines — some acquired through lease or purchase, others set up by IC to construct new routes. is map charts the 88 different names that made up the “Main Line of Mid- America” by 1971, one year before IC’s merger with Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. (Today IC is part of Canadian National.) By then, abandonments had erased a few other predecessors from the map altogether. (You can see a full list on our Web site.) IC completed its original 705-mile system in 1856, building north from Cairo to Galena (Chicago was served by a branch from Centralia). Almost immediately IC began ac- creting other railroads, as detailed in the table below. By 1971, the system totaled 6,541 route- miles, with an additional 3 miles leased, 217 miles of trackage rights, and 85 miles under three subsidiaries. — Matt Van Hattem Illinois Central’s roots Initials Name Year admitted A&V Alabama & Vicksburg 1926 AL&S Albert Lea & Southern 1900 ARR Addison 1892 AW Alabama Western 1908 B&E Belleville & Eldorado 1895 B&SI Belleville & Southern Illinois 1895 BI Blue Island 1892 BRH&E Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern 1908 BS Bloomington Southern 1907-14 C&D Cherokee & Dakota 1888 C&H Christopher & Herrin 1903, ’07 C&PH Clinton & Port Hudson 1892 C&S Chicago & Springfield 1877 C&S Carbondale & Shawneetown 1895 C&T Chicago & Texas 1897 Cairo Br Cairo Bridge and approaches 1889 CA&N Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville 1884 CF&M Cedar Falls & Minnesota 1867-70 CF&NH Cedar Falls & New Hartford 1904 CH&W Champaign, Havana & Western 1888 CM&G Chicago, Memphis & Gulf 1923 CM&N Chicago, Madison & Northern 1888-91 CO&SW Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern 1897 CR&C Cedar Rapids & Chicago 1888 CStL&NO Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans 1901-28 CStL&P Chicago, St. Louis & Paducah 1895 D&D Br Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge 1869 D&SC Dubuque & Sioux City 1867 F&R Fredonia & Reeds 1915 FD&O Fort Dodge & Omaha 1900 GN Golconda Northern 1919 G&SI Gulf & Ship Island 1925 H&E Hodgenville & Elizabethtown 1897 HN Herrin Northern 1915 HR&E Rantoul Railroad (Havana, Rantoul & Eastern) 1888 IC Illinois Central 1852-56 IF&SC Iowa Falls & Sioux City 1869-70 IS Indianapolis Southern (also Illinois & Indiana) 1900-11 J&SE Jackson & South Eastern 1908 K&SW Kankakee & South Western (also Kankakee & Western and Clinton, Bloomington & North Eastern) 1878-83 KV Kentucky Valley 1908 KW Kentucky Western 1902 LM Louisiana Midland 1967 LNO&T Louisville, New Orleans & Texas 1892 M&A Mississippi & Alabama 1908 M&NORR&L Memphis & New Orleans Railroad & Land 1892 M&NW Mobile & Northwestern 1892 M&SL Memphis & State Line 1907-08 M&T Mississippi & Tennessee 1889 M&V Memphis & Vicksburg 1892 MC Mississippi Central 1882, 1967 MCR Mound City 1896 MC&T Mississippi Central & Tennessee 1882 MV Mississippi Valley 1892 NJ&C Natchez, Jackson & Columbus 1892 NOBRV&M New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg & Memphis 1892 NOJ&GN New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern 1882 NO&MV New Orleans & Mississippi Valley 1892 NOStL&C New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago 1882 OB&T Omaha Bridge & Terminal 1903 OFR&GR Owensboro Falls of Rough & Green River 1897 Initials Name Year admitted OV Ohio Valley 1897 PD&E Peoria, Decatur & Evansville 1900 R&H Riverside & Harlem 1901 SI&K Southern Illinois & Kentucky 1928 SRR Stacyville 1897 SoChi South Chicago 1883 StCAL St. Charles Air Line 1856 StLA&TH St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute 1895 StL&OR St. Louis & Ohio River 1902 StLP&N St. Louis, Peoria & Northern 1900 StLSo St. Louis Southern 1895 T&G Tremont & Gulf 1959 TC Tennessee Central 1968 TS Tennessee Southern 1892 VB Vicksburg Bridge Commission Leased VS&P Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific 1926 W&E The West and East 1882 WF West Feliciana 1892 YD Yazoo Delta 1900 Y&MV Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 1884-1914 Subsidiary lines C&IW Chicago & Illinois Western 1924 K&E Kensington & Eastern 1909 WLO Waterloo 1968 Trackage rights C&NW Chicago & North Western CRI&P Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio IT Illinois Terminal L&N Louisville & Nashville MP Missouri Pacific P&PU Peoria & Pekin Union SLSF St. Louis-San Francisco SOU Southern TRRA Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
