Illinois Central Tapestries

Illinois Central Railroad - The Mainline of Mid-America Retro Style Boxcar

The Illinois Central Railroad, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa

Designed by the legendary artist, J5, now you can show your love of a classic railroad with this amazing custom logo for the Illinois Central Railroad!

Illinois Central Railroad

A Railway Post Office car was a mobile post office that traveled the tracks coupled into a passenger train. The personnel on board could pick up mail on the fly using special apparatus at towns where the train did not stop for passengers. They then sorted the mail and delivered it on the fly at station they passed through while moving. A very efficient operation for its day. They predated the ZIP Code by many decades and would not have a ZIP Code today, if they were still in service. They never stopped moving and processing the mail as they went. In 1838 all US railroads were designated as “post roads,” encouraging wider access for mail onto America’s burgeoning railroad lines. The Highway Post Offices that were created to replace som...

Chicago Cubs

Designed by the legendary artist, J5, now you can show your love of 18XX train games with this amazing custom logo for the Illinois Central Railroad!

Grinder ball

Chicago White Sox

Illinois Terminal Railroad

Perfect for Midwest living.

Chicago Bulls

Dylan Cease, digitally hand drawn by me.

The Scarecrow

Designed by the legendary artist, J5, now you can show your love of a classic railroad with this amazing custom logo for the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad!

If you know, you know. Video rentals in the 90s in central IL were dominated by Family Video, and 2nd Cinema.