Illinois Central Electric Railway

The Illinois Central Electric Railway (ICE) was an interurban railway in Fulton County in western Illinois , west of the city of Peoria .

The railway company was founded on October 9, 1903. The route ran from Lewistown north to Farmington and had a branch from Norris to Fairview . The track was opened as follows:

1909 Canton - Brereton - Norris
1910 Norris – Fairview
1911 Norris - Gilchrist - Maplewood - Farmington
1912 Lewistown - Bryant - St. David - Dunfermline - Canton

The railway lost the competition against the road and was shut down and dismantled on July 25, 1928.

Individual evidence

↑ Tom Murray: "Illinois Central Railroad". Voyageur Press, 2006, p. 160 pages , accessed on February 22, 2014 (English). ISBN 978-0-7603-2254-3
↑ George W. Hilton and John F. Due, "The Electric Interurban Railways in America." Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3 , p. 346.

[1] Tom Murray: "Illinois Central Railroad". Voyageur Press, 2006, p. 160 pages , accessed on February 22, 2014 (English). ISBN 978-0-7603-2254-3

[2] George W. Hilton and John F. Due, "The Electric Interurban Railways in America." Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3 , p. 346.