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Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad: Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway: NYC: 1893 1898 Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad: Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad: IC: 1886 1890 St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad: Indiana Interstate Railway: IIRC 1978 1980 N/A Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway: NYC: 1887 1898 St. Joseph, South ...
The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a Class III, short line railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property [1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. [2]
The Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad (reporting mark CI&S) is a former railroad which operated in the states of Illinois and Indiana during the early 20th century. The CI&S formed in 1906 from the consolidation of the two other railroads: the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad and the Indiana Harbor Railroad .
The Indiana Railroad was created on July 2, 1930, when Midland Utilities purchased the Union Traction Company of Indiana (UTC) and transferred ownership to the IR. Union Traction (UTC) was the largest interurban system in Indiana with 410 miles (660 km) of interurban trackage and 44 miles (71 km) of streetcar lines in Anderson, Elwood, Marion and Muncie.
The railroad branches off a Norfolk Southern line in Huntingburg and heads north to the county seat of Jasper. Beyond Jasper, the tracks are owned and operated by the Indiana Railway Museum as a heritage railroad. The total length of the Dubois County Railroad is approximately 7 miles (11 km).
The Indiana Department of National Resources continues to sponsor an Indiana Freedom Trails History Marker Program. The Indiana Freedom Trails, Inc., a nonprofit organization, was established in 1998 to support research and educational efforts related to Indiana sites and routes that were part of the underground network. [ 87 ]
In 2003, Norfolk Southern bought 21.6 miles of former Peabody Coal Company/Yankeetown Dock Corporation (AMAX Coal) trackage and spurs from Lynnville, Indiana, to Yankeetown Indiana. In 2007, the Squaw Creek Southern acquired trackage rights from Norfolk Southern from 0.0 BY (Yankeetown) and 21.6 BY (Lynnville Mine), and since then, has done the ...
The Hoosier Heritage Port Authority is a quasi-governmental organization in the U.S. state of Indiana.It is the owner of a Heritage railway (reporting mark HHPA), operated by the Indiana Transportation Museum from 1995 to 2015 & currently operated by the Nickel Plate Express since 2018, over former Norfolk Southern trackage from Tipton, Indiana, to Indianapolis, a distance of 37 miles (59.5 km).