Amtrak with two done cars at 2:18. I rode the IC through Cairo, Il, back in the 1960's and it had two done cars, but with all the smokers, it was hard to see out the dome.
I went to school in Chambana, and took the Illini and City of New Orleans as the ways to get back home. I will say that it was a surprise to me when some years later seeing the single track (at first I thought John Kneiling columnist from Trains magazine must be running the railroad (nope, Moyers and Harrison). At first I thought well this kinda sucks, yet after thinking about it, I re-thought it way better that it made IC solidly profitable instead being a potential perma-loser liquidation like Rock Island.
I'm pretty sure good old Casey Jones would be proud to see his beloved Illinois Central Railroad becoming a part of the North American railroad network headed by CN, but he wouldn't be pleased to see the old IC lose its double track south out of Chicago.
@@DivergingClear Thanks for the info. Therefore IC double tracked its Mainline of Mid America so it wouldn't go through any more "Casey Jones" style train wrecks.
@@scoobycarr5558 To a lesser extent, perhaps. Mostly it was because they were running more trains than a single track railroad could handle with bogging down.
Incorrect. The GM&O had a whole series of GP30s in the 500 series. Many of them became the 2250 series on the Illinois Central Gulf, while many others were never repainted or renumbered. Only one of the locomotives survived into the new image Illinois Central era, which was the 2250. 2250 was not the "only" GP30 on the system, it was the LAST GP30 on the system. Also, keep in mind that this is a preview and not the entire show.
Shortsighted is right. Should have made siding at least 4 signal blocks long along w/single track sections. Or maybe CTC the whole thing w/double track. Although I doubt they had enough traffic for that at the time.
The Milwaukee Road had that idea when it single tracked its D&I line between Chicago and Kansas City, double track sections between Genoa and New Lebanon, Davis Junction and Adeline. It was rather fluid as a railroad in the MILW's last days until four years into the Soo Line era when the Soo shortened the sidings. It's the same method in the CP era today.
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The Illinois Central Railroad bonded with the Canadian National Railway in 1999.
Amtrak with two done cars at 2:18. I rode the IC through Cairo, Il, back in the 1960's and it had two done cars, but with all the smokers, it was hard to see out the dome.
I went to school in Chambana, and took the Illini and City of New Orleans as the ways to get back home. I will say that it was a surprise to me when some years later seeing the single track (at first I thought John Kneiling columnist from Trains magazine must be running the railroad (nope, Moyers and Harrison). At first I thought well this kinda sucks, yet after thinking about it, I re-thought it way better that it made IC solidly profitable instead being a potential perma-loser liquidation like Rock Island.
I'm pretty sure good old Casey Jones would be proud to see his beloved Illinois Central Railroad becoming a part of the North American railroad network headed by CN, but he wouldn't be pleased to see the old IC lose its double track south out of Chicago.
Ironically, the railroad wasn't doubletracked until after Casey Jones's wreck.
@@DivergingClear Thanks for the info. Therefore IC double tracked its Mainline of Mid America so it wouldn't go through any more "Casey Jones" style train wrecks.
@@scoobycarr5558 To a lesser extent, perhaps. Mostly it was because they were running more trains than a single track railroad could handle with bogging down.
The commentator mentions rare engines but fails to notice that GP30 2250 w/ Alco trucks is the only GP30 in the system. 03:52
Incorrect.
The GM&O had a whole series of GP30s in the 500 series. Many of them became the 2250 series on the Illinois Central Gulf, while many others were never repainted or renumbered. Only one of the locomotives survived into the new image Illinois Central era, which was the 2250.
2250 was not the "only" GP30 on the system, it was the LAST GP30 on the system.
Also, keep in mind that this is a preview and not the entire show.
DivergingClearVideo yep the only one in the system painted in Death Star paint. There.. better? 😎
Shortsighted is right. Should have made siding at least 4 signal blocks long along w/single track sections. Or maybe CTC the whole thing w/double track. Although I doubt they had enough traffic for that at the time.
The Milwaukee Road had that idea when it single tracked its D&I line between Chicago and Kansas City, double track sections between Genoa and New Lebanon, Davis Junction and Adeline. It was rather fluid as a railroad in the MILW's last days until four years into the Soo Line era when the Soo shortened the sidings. It's the same method in the CP era today.
The Illinois Central "Death Star" paint scheme was one of the coolest looking paint schemes.
I always thought that IC's paint scheme in this matter was to honor Casey Jones
1:52: Back when the IC still had 90 mph for passengers.
And the management went from IC/CN, to CP Rail, to CSX
Yeah and look at the condition of CSX.
Shortsighted decision.........
No wonder they went out of business (bought out). The CEO must have been a former DOT guy.
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What kinda horn did ic 3124 have?
My guess it would be of the Nathan type. The CNW had some engines equipped with this type horn.
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