The Illinois Central Railroad book collection is a collection
of 20 late 19th century and early 20th century books concerning
the Illinois Central Railroad. Many relate to the of the railroad
or specific events in its growth. Many others are travel oriented
publications produced by the railroad to attract customers.
Several of the books have wonderful period illustrations and
the collection makes an excellent reference collection for
the historic rail enthusiast.
All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.
Guide to the Illinois central railroad lands (1868) -
72 pages
This is our railroad : the Illinois Central family book
(1948) - 44 pages
History of the Illinois central railroad to 1870 (1915)
- Brownson, Howard G. (Howard Gray) - 200 pages
The Illinois Central Railroad, its position and prospects
(1850) - Neal, D. A. (David Augustus) - 32 pages
Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad
Company (1905) - [Note: Portions are handwritten] - 51 pages
Report of the directors to the stockholders of the Illinois
Central Rail-Road Company (1854) - 52 pages
Origin of the names of stations on the line of the Illinois
Central Railroad Co (between 1884 and 1899) - Ackerman,
William K. - 82 pages
A study of the Illinois Central Railroad : main line of
mid-America (1949) - 48 pages
Documents relating to the organization of the Illinois
Central Rail-road Company (1852) - 158 pages
Electrification project the Illinois Central Railroad
Company suburban service at Chicago, Ill. (1909) - [Low
Quality Scan]- Simpson, Tracy W - 510 pages
Historical Sketch of the Illinois-Central Railroad: Together
with a Brief Biographical Record of of its Incorporators
and Some of its Early Officers (1890) - William K. Ackerman
- 162 pages
The Illinois central case in the Supreme Court of Illinois
(1910) - Stead, W. H - 144 pages
The Illinois central railroad company offers for sale
over 2,000,000 acres selected farming and wood lands (1856)
- 82 pages
The Illinois Central heritage, 1851-1951; a centenary
address (1951) - Johnston, Wayne Andrew - 44 pages
Abraham Lincoln and the Illinois Central Railroad, main
line of mid-America; its organization, financing, and subsequent
simplification of debt and capital structure through May
1955 (1955) - Sunderland, Edwin Sherwood Stowell - 144 pages
History of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and representative
employes; a history of the growth and development of one
of the leading arteries of transportation in the United
States, from inception to its present mammoth proportions,
together with the biographies of many of the men who have
been and are identified with the varied interests of the
Illinois Central Railroad (1900) - 810 pages
Whistle in the night : the story of Illinois Central,
main line of mid-America (1948) - 32 pages
Dinner to the directors and officers of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company on the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation
of the company, Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, February the
ninth, nineteen hundred and one (1901) - 138 pages
Sectional maps, showing 2,500,000 acres farm and wood
lands, of the Illinois Central Rail Road Company, in all
parts of the state of Illinois, with the line of their rail
road, and other intersecting rail roads .. (1856) - 77 pages
The great central route book, for summer tourists, of
1873 (1873) - Stennett, W. H. (William H.) - 96 pages
Here is an image from one of the volumes:
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