Illinois Central Steam


I came across these pictures at a flea market in Peotone,Ill. They are from the IC's archives and were supposedly destroyed when the IC moved from Central Station to Illinois Center.



IC 2350
IC 2351
IC 2341



IC 2350 IC 2351 IC 2404

4-8-2. At 27th Street, Chicago, Ill., July 18, 1945. Mountain Type, 70" drivers, 73,303 pounds tractive effort.

4-8-2. At Memphis, Tn., November 26, 1947. Mountain Type, 70" drivers, 73,303 pounds tractive effort.

4-8-2. At 27th Street, Chicago, Ill., April 8, 1943. Mountain Type, 73.5" drivers, 58,389 pounds tractive effort

IC 2422

IC 2428
IC 2450

IC 2422 IC 2428 IC 2450

4-8-2. At 27th Street, Chicago,  ll.,February 28, 1942. Mountain Type, 73.5" drivers, 58,389 pounds tractive effort.

4-8-2. At Paducah, Ky., 1944. Mountain Type. 73.5" drivers 58,389 pounds tractive effort.

4-8-2. At 27th Street, Chicago, Ill., July 1945. Mountain Type, 73.5" drivers, 58,389 pounds tractive effort.

 IC 2499 IC 2499 (Right Side) IC 2520

IC 2499 (Left Side)  IC 2499 (Right)
IC 2520


Fulton, Ky., October 8 ,1946. (Left Side) 2499 was rebuilt from 2-8-4 7038, had 73.5" drivers and 58,000 pounds of tractive effort. Click hereto read about IC-1. Originally IC 7038 and later IC 2499, the IC's only Hudson.(Reprinted from the November 1997 issue of "The Green Diamond", the Illinois Central Historical Society magazine.)

4-8-2. At Markham Yard, Ill., October 8,1941. Mountain Type, 70" drivers, 73,768 pounds tractive effort, rebuilt 2-10-2 with new cast frame.

IC 2527 IC 2600


IC 2527 IC 2600


4-8-2. At Chicago, Ill.(27th St) October 30,1939. Mountain Type, 70" drivers, 73,768 pounds tractive effort. Rebuilt 2-10-2 with new cast frame.

4-8-2(Mountain Type). At Central Station, Chicago, Ill., November 27, 1942. The 2600's were built at Paducah, Ky. in 1942-43.They were the heaviest Mountain Types ever built, had 70" drivers and produced 83,000 pounds of tractive effort.