Nice picture 4884bigboy. Im glad to see this many people who, in a way, like IC.
Thanks for the posts guys.
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I do not model the railroad but they are a cool railroad. is IC the railroad Casey Jones worked for when he crashed the cannonball??? Tim
i will have more illinos central loco’s on my layout-(i model BNSF) ic was purchased by CN and there are still some loco’s painted IC. CN loans power to BNSF sometimes - you do the math on this one. my story is -CN “borrowed” me a IC loco. i had no idea there were so many IC fans.
I didnt know how many IC fans were out there but now i have an idea. Im glad that so many are repling.
Besides Ebay, does anyone know where I could find IC timetables and if there are any from the 1990’s floating around?
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trainfreek92, Im not sure if he worked for them. Maybe someone else on here knows.
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Have any of you recently saw any IC SD70’s?
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hi icmr like your page
Thanks waltersrails.
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Years ago my dad rode the ill E-8 from freeport to chicago everyday as a kid ,so last xmas i bought him a set of p2k Ill E-8’s with cars ,He really loves them and brings back alot of memorys ill post some pics of then later
Carl…
That was very nice of you ac4400fan. That had to be a fun experience.
Thanks for repling guys.
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As near as I can recall, the doodlebug that ran on the Missouri Pacific was built by the Saint Louis Car Shops and was unique to the MOP. Sometimes it would be pulling a heavyweight passenger car, but usually ran alone. I remember that it was gasoline powered, and had a baggage/RPO section between the cab and passenger compartment. The front and cab were painted red, with tiger stripes on the nose, and the rest of it was black. It was taken out of service in the mid-1950’s.
Our house was less than 100 feet across a back yard from the double-track Illinois Central line that ran between DuQuoin, Illinois, and Saint Louis, Missouri., and the MOP had a small depot and crossed the IC tracks on the other side of the city cemetery from our house, so both lines were clearly visible.
Both the IC and MOP had roundhouse facilities in Pinckneyville during the glory days of steam. Sometimes the IC City of New Orleans, pulled by diesels, would be detoured through Pinckneyville because of flooding or a derailment. That was always a major attraction, because all of the other IC passenger trains were steam.
Throughout World War II, troop trains would pass through on an almost daily basis heading toward Saint Louis. In those days, troop trains had priority, and we could always tell when one was coming through because all of the freight trains would be pulled off onto sidings.
In case you didn’t know ther is an IC Historical Society. You can get the address from MR.
Thats some great info cacole. Thanks for posting it.
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[#welcome] to the forum ldunn85866. I for one am fully aware of the IC historical society. The address is www.icrrhistorical.org
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I finally got my Athearn BB ICG GP38 running and it is great.
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I appreciate you answering my request about the doodlebug. Thanks!
BTW, since this an IC thread, I also have a few models of the IC. My first ride in a sleeping car was on the IC’s Hawkeye from Sioux City, IA to Chicago (I got on in Fort Dodge). This was in the late 60’s.
There is a small museum in a town about 25 miles from me, it is called Paxton it is located in Ford county Illinois. I’ll see if they still got a web site! Had a nice ICRR diplay set up about a year ago!
I hope they do. Thanks for tell us.
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Very cool KG1960. That must have been great.
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Hi guys i was going threw some old photos and ran across this ,this is 1 of the locos i got for my dad for fathers day last year and the cars on the left in the back ,ill post a better one of them later, He is comming over thanksgiving and want to run his loco lol
Carl…