Bibliograph

Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad, Clifford J. Downey

Type

Label

Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad, Clifford J. Downey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Clifford J. Downey

Summary

The Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) operated approximately 600 miles of mainline track throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, stretching from the Mississippi River to the central part of the state. In addition to Louisville, the state's largest city, the ICRR also served dozens of small towns. Kentucky's economy was built around coal mining and farming, and the ICRR played a major role in both industries. ICRR's coal trains served as a conveyor for Kentucky coal moving to Midwest factories, and the road hauled a wide variety of agricultural products, including tobacco, grain, and fresh fruit. No mention of the ICRR would be complete without discussing the fleet of fast passenger trains that whisked Kentucky residents to and from distant cities. To maintain the locomotives that hauled all these trains the ICRR operated one of the nation's largest locomotive repair shops in Paducah

Target audience

adult

Classification