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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.

1. Guide to the Illinois central railroad lands (1868) - 72 pages
2. This is our railroad : the Illinois Central family book (1948) - 44 pages
3. History of the Illinois central railroad to 1870 (1915) - Brownson, Howard G. (Howard Gray) - 200 pages
4. The Illinois Central Railroad, its position and prospects (1850) - Neal, D. A. (David Augustus) - 32 pages
5. Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company (1905) - [Note: Portions are handwritten] - 51 pages
6. Report of the directors to the stockholders of the Illinois Central Rail-Road Company (1854) - 52 pages
7. Origin of the names of stations on the line of the Illinois Central Railroad Co (between 1884 and 1899) - Ackerman, William K. - 82 pages
8. A study of the Illinois Central Railroad : main line of mid-America (1949) - 48 pages
9. Documents relating to the organization of the Illinois Central Rail-road Company (1852) - 158 pages
10. Electrification project the Illinois Central Railroad Company suburban service at Chicago, Ill. (1909) - [Low Quality Scan]- Simpson, Tracy W - 510 pages
11. 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
12. The Illinois central case in the Supreme Court of Illinois (1910) - Stead, W. H - 144 pages
13. The Illinois central railroad company offers for sale over 2,000,000 acres selected farming and wood lands (1856) - 82 pages
14. The Illinois Central heritage, 1851-1951; a centenary address (1951) - Johnston, Wayne Andrew - 44 pages
15. 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
16. 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
17. Whistle in the night : the story of Illinois Central, main line of mid-America (1948) - 32 pages
18. 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
19. 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
20. The great central route book, for summer tourists, of 1873 (1873) - Stennett, W. H. (William H.) - 96 pages

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