#MTL-533 00 050 Illinois Central Gulf
• Released October 2012
$22.60 retail ea.
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Black w/ orange herald, white reporting mark, and logo. Built 3/48, serviced in 4/74 on Bettendorf trucks. The Illinois Central Railroad was chartered in 1851 to build a railroad from Cairo, IL, to Galena, IL. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the parallel Gulf Mobile & Ohio to form ICG. By 1990 the road was a trimmed and rationalized ‘Chicago-to-Gulf’ railroad, returned to ownership by individual shareholders, and operational management by a team of serious-minded railroad people. The name Illinois Central Railroad was restored.
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