Carrier profile · USDOT 76784 · MC-86779 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Illinois Central Railroad Company

125 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHARVEY, IL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-86779 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

125Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.6Avg age (yr)

2007–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(866) 813-3656 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 60 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

125 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.6 yr

Model years 2007–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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2 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 3, 2025.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 12.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 125-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 125
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
177.817 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
107.620 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’05 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Royal America’95–’05

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Sep 2005

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Apr 1995 → Sep 2005	$1M	2
THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1994 → Apr 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 125
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 3

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

27.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Mississippi: 8 inspections
Illinois: 6 inspections
Louisiana: 3 inspections
Michigan: 2 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections

Home base

HARVEY, IL

15840 WEST AVENUE

Most inspections: MS

8 inspections

MS 8 · IL 6 · LA 3

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 345516 USDOT 527121

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cn.ca — 13 carriers: USDOT 165783 USDOT 345516 USDOT 347634 USDOT 378492 USDOT 388151 USDOT 471866 USDOT 473054 USDOT 624665

Shares a company officer with other carriers

patrick whitehead — 2 carriers: USDOT 165783

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

125

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 15840 WEST AVENUE, HARVEY, IL, 60426
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (866) 813-3656
Fax: (708) 225-5910
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: cn.ca

Registration

Officer: Patrick Whitehead
USDOT / docket: 76784 · MC-86779
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Apr 16, 2026 · 3,445,956 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 29, 1990
D-U-N-S: 55267298

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

125

Power units

322

Drivers

313

CDL drivers

3,445,956

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 15 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

46violation records

17OOS-tagged records

3 of 15inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

1872%13 / 18

Unsafe driving

1414%2 / 14

Lights

60%0 / 6

Other / unclassified

520%1 / 5

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

40%

15%

30%

33%Nov 24 to May 251 / 3

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 4

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 3

40%May 26 to Nov 262 / 5

Top 3 codes (8 of 46 records)

393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2

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393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps2
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection2
107.620B-HMAMC Other violation1
172.516C6-HMPMC Other violation1
172.600C1-HMER Other violation1
177.817A-HMSP Other violation1
180.415-HMTMC Other violation1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVE Driver not qualified1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWPB State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.65 Fuel system1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak1
396.7 Unsafe operation1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (USDOT 76784) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Sep 7, 2005 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 15 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 125 power units and 322 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 29, 1990 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY's USDOT number?

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY's USDOT number is 76784, and its motor carrier number is MC-86779.

Is ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY's safety record?

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 60 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).