Locomotive Wiki

This is a list of all the locomotives that operated on the Illinois Central Railroad.

Steam Locomotives[]

Image Locomotives Build date Total produced Manufacturer Numbering Withdrawal Status Notes
221 Series 6 Rogers Locomotive Works
603 Series - - Rogers Locomotive Works - Unknown Late 1890s Rogers 4-6-0 Locomotives, No. 382 involved in a series of wrecks.
651 Series 1904 7 Rogers Locomotive Works One preserved, remainder scrapped No. 764 was preserved.
1500 series 1923 Lima Locomotive Works One preserved, remainder scrapped No. 1518 was preserved.
2300 Series 1944 8 Illinois Central shop
2350 Series 1945 3 Illinois Central shop
2400 Series 1923 15 American Locomotive Company 2400-2414 - All Scrapped
2415 Series 1925 25 Lima Locomotive Works 2415-2439 - All Scrapped
2440 Series - 20 American Locomotive Company 2440-2459 - All Scrapped
2500 Series 1937 55 - - Two preserved, remainder scrapped Nos. 2500 and 2542 were preserved.
2600 Series - 20 Illinois Central’s own Paducah, Kentucky shops 2600-2619 - All Scrapped No. 2613 was used on an excursion run, scrapped.
2800 Series 2800-2819 All Scrapped

Diesel Locomotives[]

Image Locomotives Manufacturer Numbering Notes
ALCO Century 636 American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
ALCO RS-2 American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
ALCO RS-3 American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
EMC T1800 Electro-Motive Corporation (Electro-Motive Division)
EMD E6 Electro-Motive Division
EMD E7 Electro-Motive Division
EMD E8 Electro-Motive Division
EMD GP10 Electro-Motive Division
EMD GP11 Electro-Motive Division 8701 and 8733 were preserved
EMD GP40R Electro-Motive Division
EMD SD28 Electro-Motive Division
EMD SD40 Electro-Motive Division
EMD SD70 Electro-Motive Division
EMD SW7 Electro-Motive Division
EMD SW9 Electro-Motive Division
EMD SW14 Electro-Motive Division
GE U33C General Electric
IC 121 Pullman Company Scrapped