The Illinois Central Electric Railway (ICE) was an interurban line in Fulton County in western Illinois, west of Peoria.
The company was founded on October 9, 1903.[1] The line ran from Lewistown north to Farmington with a branch from Norris to Fairview. The line opened as follows:
- 1909 Canton–Brereton–Norris
- 1910 Norris–Fairview
- 1911 Norris–Gilchrist–Maplewood–Farmington
- 1912 Lewistown–Bryant–St. David–Dunfermline–Canton
The railroad lost the competition to the automobile and was abandoned on July 25, 1928.[2]
References edit
- ^ Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission (1914). Annual Report. p. 263.
- ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.