(abbreviation) is the common popular abbreviation for the Illinois Central Railroad. Examples of its use in blues include: “Going to put my head on the I. C. track” (that is, commit suicide by having the train run over it); and SOUTHERN CASEY JONES (recorded by Jesse James for DECCA in 1936, in which he sings: “Papa got killed on the I. C. track”). The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad was a subsidiary of the Illinois Central, and was eventually absorbed by its parent. By 2018 it was owned by Canadian Railways.