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Illinois Central Railroad : wrecks, derailments, and floods / Clifford J. Downey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downey, Clifford J., author.
- Series:
- Images of rail.
- Images of rail
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illinois Central Railroad Company--History--Pictorial works.
- Illinois Central Railroad Company.
- Railroads--Illinois--History--Pictorial works.
- Railroads.
- Railroad accidents--Illinois--History--Pictorial works.
- Railroad accidents.
- Steam locomotives--Illinois--History.
- Steam locomotives.
- Illinois--History--Pictorial works.
- Illinois.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- With roots dating back to 1851, the Illinois Central Railroad (IC) transported millions of passengers and countless tons of freight.Most trips were completed without incident.However, there were occasional mishaps, including derailments and collisions with other trains or highway vehicles.
- Contents:
- An ounce of prevention
- Derailments
- Collisions
- Floods
- Grade crossing collisions
- Picking up the pieces
- Odds and ends
- The 1971 Tonti, Illinois, Amtrack derailment
- The 1972 Chicago suburban collision.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-5676-2
- OCLC:
- 1145623760
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