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 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
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 (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
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.