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Illinois Central Railroad: passenger trains

By Angela Cotey | July 12, 2021

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A couple of women laying in their beds talking through an open partition
a diesel passenger train in front of buildings
a diesel passenger train in front of some buildings
a steam passenger train
People in a restaurant diner car
a diesel passenger train with buildings in the background
a steam passenger train
a diesel passenger train
a diesel passenger train on a bridge crossing water
a conducter looking down the aisle on a passenger train
a diesel passenger train
a steam passenger train
a passenger train parked at a station at night
three trains with New Orleans in the background
a diesel passenger train with a crew disembarking and embarking
a diesel passenger train
a diesel passenger train on a bridge crossing water
a conducter looking down the aisle on a passenger train
a diesel passenger train
a steam passenger train
a passenger train parked at a station at night
three trains with New Orleans in the background
a diesel passenger train with a crew disembarking and embarking
a passenger train by some buildings
a diesel passenger train by a field
a suburban electric car with buildings behind it
A train operator climbing a ladder to enter a diesel
a steam passenger train leaving a station
A couple of women looking out the back of an observation car
a steam passerger train on a winter day
A passenger car by a tall metal box that's spraying water onto it
A couple of women laying in their beds talking through an open partition
a diesel passenger train in front of buildings
a diesel passenger train in front of some buildings
a steam passenger train
People in a restaurant diner car
a diesel passenger train with buildings in the background
a steam passenger train
IC's Hawkeye
Sioux City–Chicago Hawkeye at 21st Street, Chicago, July 1948.
Robert Milner

All through July 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the style, heritage, and grit that was the IC.

Please enjoy an image gallery of Illinois Central Railroad passenger trains, originally published in July 2018.

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6 thoughts on “Illinois Central Railroad: passenger trains

  1. Jim Uttley

    Yes, thank you for passenger train image gallery.
    Photo 22 is titled Observation Car, but it is not shown in photo. Anybody know what is the train and where???

  2. The Panama Limited was the Nation’s BEST Passenger Train!!! Miss it and its Chocolate Brown and Orange Passenger Cars!!! What a Beauty!!!

  3. Lots of us miss the Old IC and it’s Passenger Trains.

    Although the City of New,Orleans is more famous thanks to Steve Goldman’s song, the Panama Ltd.,with its Outstanding Diner, is the one those of us privilged enough to have ridden it miss the most!

  4. Having grown up in Chicago and St. Louis and living for years in New Orleans, I’ve always had affection for the old IC, including the suburban commuter MUs. I had a bittersweet experience as a passenger on the Panama Limited’s last run from the Crescent City to Memphis where I was then stationed at Millington Naval Air Station. Thanks for the wonderful images.

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