Andy Fletcher is an artist, designer, speaker and advocate for trains. He enjoys sharing his drawings and his joy of trains with railroad enthusiasts everywhere.
Showing posts with label Illinois Central. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois Central. Show all posts
These Illinois Central Gulf locomotives move trains at Memphis. The SD40-2 leads a manifest train to New Orleans while the GP35 heads on its way to Paducah. Illinois Central Gulf was formed by the merger of the Illinois Central and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroads. customtrains.org
This Illinois Central train heads south from Chicago. Today's train is powered by a U33C, an SD40A and a GP10. As we watch this train head on its way on the Mainline of Mid-America, it will not be long until the Illinois Central merges with Gulf Mobile and Ohio to form the Illinois Central Gulf.
See my Illinois Central 11"x17" Orange and White Train poster at customtrains.org
“The Railroad Game: Episode 8” features questions about BNSF, Penn Central, Illinois Central, The Mainline Thru The Rockies, Union Pacific and The California State Railroad Museum. Test your knowledge of locomotives in The Lightning Round! Watch on my YouTube https://youtu.be/cGOmJ1cclQM?si=4EwbZ0FqJTaFLaFV
Burlington Northern, Rock Island and Illinois Central are among the many railroads that have served Memphis through the years. Enjoy my new Railroad Narrative of Featured Locomotives of Railroads of Memphis on my YouTube channel. Watch on my AndyFletcherTrains YouTube https://youtu.be/LT9jp-MwjRY?si=ZjbPdxzlMr-dV14J
I started a new drawing demonstration series on YouTube today called "Let's Draw A Train." The first drawing demonstration I do is of the cab of Illinois Central SD40A #6007. The drawing demonstration is in four parts to help you find parts of the segment that you want to work on the most.
Here is a link to part one of the Illinois Central SD40A 6007 cab drawing demonstration on YouTube
This Illinois Central train heads south from Homewood, Illinois. Today's train has one of Illinois Central's SD45s in the lead. Although quite a few railroads ordered SD45s in large numbers, the SD45 was a rarity on the IC.
See my Illinois Central artwork at customtrains.org
This Illinois Central train heads to Memphis from Homewood, Illinois. Today's train is powered by a GP40 and a GP9 as it makes its way along the Mainline of Mid-America.
See my Illinois Central artwork at customtrains.org
This Illinois Central GP40 leads a grain train from Fort Dodge, Iowa to Chicago. Illinois Central was known as the "Mainline of Mid-America." See my Illinois Central artwork at http://www.customtrains.org/illinois-central.html
This Illinois Central Gulf train heads from Memphis to New Orleans. Illinois Central Gulf was a railroad created by the joining of Illinois Central and Gulf Mobile and Ohio in an era of railroad mergers and acquisitions.
The Illinois Central was known as the "Mainline of Mid-America." These Illinois Central locomotives prepare to lead their trains from Markham Yard, Chicago.
These Illinois Central Gulf locomotives prepare to move their trains at Memphis, Tennessee. Today, we see among the locomotives in the yard, ICG's Bicentennial GP38AC #1776. Illinois Central Gulf was created by joining of IC and GM and O and is part of today's Canadian National.
Illinois is a crossroads of America's railroads. Railroads connect throughout the state of Illinois as they make their journey across our nation. Many railroads throughout Illinois took their name from not only America's busiest rail city, Chicago, but from Illinois's geography and its communities. No conversation is complete without mentioning the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; the Illinois Central; the Illinois Terminal; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific and many other legendary railroads that served Illinois.
The Illinois Central City of New Orleans was made famous by the Steve Goodman song. It is the ancestor to +Amtrak's Chicago to New Orleans City of New Orleans.
The Illinois Central City of New Orleans was made famous in the Steve Goodman song. It is the ancestor to today's Chicago to New Orleans @Amtrak City of New Orleans.
An Illinois Central general merchandise train heads from Chicago to New Orleans on the Mainline of Mid-America. The engineer on the lead U33C gives us a salute as the train makes its southward trek. Today's train carries grain from the Midwest to the Port of New Orleans. Illinois Central is part of today's Canadian National.
To see my Illinois Central 11"x17" signed poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store
These Illinois Central Locomotives prepare to move freight at Memphis on the Mainline of Mid-America. Illinois Central's mainline connected Chicago and New Orleans by way of Memphis.
The U33C and SD40A head south with a load of coal from Illinois while the Paducah-built GP10 and GP40 head towards Chicago. Meanwhile, the SW9 in the yard builds a freight builds a freight bound for Birmingham.
To see my Illinois Central 11"x17" signed poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store.
Nothing brings me greater joy than seeing the railroad community active
in the study and restoration of historic railroads and railroad
equipment. Some of my first love of trains came from visiting the
Sacramento Railroad Museum with my father and brother. As we walked
through the displays, one Saturday a month, my fascination with railroad
history took root.
Through restoration projects and railroad museums, I truly see a great expression of the joy of railroading. I see volunteers
working side by side to keep equipment in tip top shape. I see
projects undertaken so a next generation can learn about the railroads
that built our nation. In an era when we encourage ourselves to
exercise and to get out and learn, perhaps there is no better place to
do this than walking around in the safe and secure environment of a
railroad museum. We learn about the contributions of our forefathers
and, from that, take a step forward ourselves. Sadly, I, like many
of us, see that most museums and restoration projects have a great need
for funding. They need to protect the equipment they have maintained.
They have insurance costs. And the process of restoration of both
equipment and museum grounds is expensive. As a small token of my
appreciation for our railroad museums and to all who restore railroad
equipment, I would like to donate the permission to print at no cost one
of my existing 11"x17" posters that can be used by your railroad
museum, restoration project, or historical society for the purpose of
fund raising. Thank you for all you do on behalf of railroad history.
Illinois Central was known as the Mainline of Mid America. Illinois Central served states along the Mississippi River, the Gulf Coast and the Upper Midwest.
Illinois Central was known for its City of New Orleans passenger train that operated between Chicago and New Orleans. "The City of New Orleans" entered pop-culture with the well known Steve Goodman song. Amtrak's City of New Orleans train between Chicago and New Orleans takes its name from the famous Illinois Central passenger train.
