Land O'Corn
The Land O'Corn was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Illinois Central Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Waterloo, Iowa, from 1941 until 1967. Its inception was due in no small part to John W. Rath of Ackley, IA and part owner of the Rath Packing Co. of Waterloo, Iowa as well as a member of the Illinois Central's board of directors. It featured a wide range of equipment over its existence, including self-propelled Motorailers and steam locomotives, before finally adopting conventional diesel locomotives and lightweight cars. The Illinois Central discontinued the "Land O'Corn" in 1967; Amtrak later operated the "Black Hawk" over part of its route.
Q870
passenger train
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Q1093332
Illinois Central Railroad
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Q1297
Chicago
LOC
Q1204
Illinois
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Q496381
Waterloo, Iowa
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Q171043
steam locomotive
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Q34336
diesel locomotive
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Q23239
Amtrak
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Q4920872
Black Hawk
MISC
Q6483915
Land O'Corn
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Q6483915
Land O'Corn
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1941-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1941
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1967-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1967
DATE
1967-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1967
DATE
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located in the administrative territorial entity
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item operated