River to connect with the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway to institute through traffic into Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1967 the property of the Mississippi Central was sold to the Illinois Central Railroad. See also Edward Turner Jeffery, general manager, Illinois Central Railroad David L. Gunn Harry D. Wilson Tammany Trace Billups Neon Crossing Signal A unique railroad crossing signal erected in Grenada, MS Illinois Central Missouri River Bridge, the world's longest swing bridge when constructed References Stover, John F., Purdue University, The Management of the Illinois Central Railroad in the 20th Century (PDF). Retrieved February 9, 2006. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives, Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945–1967. Retrieved February 9, 2006. External links Official website, archived 1999 Illinois Central Historical Society Illinois Central Railroad On-Line Illinois Central Resource Page STB decision, docket number FD_33556_0 (granting CN control of the IC) Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives at the Newberry Library Guide to the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. Memorabilia, 1857–1971. 5197. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University. Encyclopedia of Chicago "Illinois Central Railroad". Illinois Central Railroad Collection , McLean County Museum of History Guide to Tracy W. Simpson, Electrification Project : The Illinois Central Railroad Company Suburban Service at Chicago, Ill. 1909 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center Railway companies established in 1851 Railway companies disestablished in 1972 Railway companies established in 1988 Canadian National Railway subsidiaries Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway Former Class I railroads in the United States Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area Rail lines receiving land grants Defunct companies based in Chicago Defunct Alabama railroads Defunct Arkansas railroads Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Indiana railroads Defunct Iowa railroads Defunct Kentucky railroads Defunct Louisiana railroads Defunct Minnesota railroads Defunct Mississippi railroads Defunct Missouri railroads Defunct Nebraska railroads Defunct South Dakota railroads Defunct Tennessee railroads Defunct Wisconsin railroads Superfund sites in Tennessee Non-operating common carrier freight railroads in the United States 1851 establishments in Illinois American companies established in 1851 1998 mergers and acquisitions