All Aboard - Illinois Central vol1
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Filmed over a 30 year period, from the 1950s to the 1980s, this episode records a very active period in the history of the Illinois Central Railroad. Beginning in the late steam era, many of the IC's massive locomotives are recorded in both freight and passenger service.
Scenes of these locomotives were shot on the mainlines, in the yards, and at servicing facilities.
The transition to first generation diesels continues this history. In the mid 1970s the IC merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to form the Illinois Central Gulf. The ICG owned over 9500 miles of track, and began selling off branch lines.
By 1987 the railroad had trimmed the track to 3000 miles and it's name back to Illinois Central. The viewer will be intrigued by several rare scenes of night operations.
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Watseka theatre watseka illinois is a historic 1931 art deco 375 seat theatre located 92 miles south of Chicago. They have great country music concerts in 2011; Marty Stuart on July 2; Bellamy Brothers on July 15; Josh Thompson on August 5; Ricky Skaggs on August 26.
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My Grandfather was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Central. He pulled both frieght and passengers. He was an engineer on the City of New Orleans. His name was Donald Legere. He passed away in 1984.
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As a experienced boiler operator, its interesting how this coal burners worked back then...it was hard work...so can someone who drove these tell me if they had auto loaders, though the loader still had to load the coal hopper..I was just wondering....
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me too
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Strasburg is a cool place! Great vid, thanks for posting!
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damn that was a old picture of effingham
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Great video!
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I have this DVD and it is great!
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