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May 14 in CNR History


 

May 14, 1955 Canadian National Railways opens a causeway on its Hopewell Subdivision, ending the use of carferries in that location.

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May 14, 2003 Canadian National officially drops the "Illinois Central" name. All United States operations are now under the CN name.

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Mark Tomlonson


 

This is about the only place I really know the name "Illinois Central" from


…?Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
…?All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms, and fields
Passing trains that have no name
An' freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles