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The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km).
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.
Terre Haute Electric Railway Company c. 1894 Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company map in 1911. On March 1, 1907, financiers Hugh J. McGowan, Randal Morgan and W. Kesley Schoepf formed the THI&E out of four predecessor companies: the Indianapolis and Western Railway, which operated the line from Indianapolis west to Danville; the Indianapolis and Eastern Railway, with lines ...
A railfan was a factor in the 2008 Chatsworth train collision, as the engineer responsible for the accident had been distracted by texting the railfan while in charge of his train, eventually causing it to pass a signal at danger and crash into an oncoming Union Pacific freight train, killing 25 and injuring 135 others. [40]
Indiana Rail Road, Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation: Illinois and Indiana Railroad: IC: 1899 1906 Indianapolis Southern Railroad: Indiana Railway: NYC: 1887 1887 Indiana and Western Railway: Indiana Railway: C&EI: 1886 1886 Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway: Indiana Railway: GTW: 1880 1880 Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway: Indiana, Bloomington and ...
The earliest predecessor of the Central of Indiana is the Lawrenceburg & Indianapolis, chartered in 1832 to connect those cities by way of Greensburg and Shelbyville. [5] One and a quarter miles (2.01 km) of wooden rails were laid by July 1834, making this horse powered track the first railroad in Indiana. [6]
Indiana and Ohio Railway; Indiana Rail Road; Indiana Southern Railroad; Indiana Transportation Museum; Indianapolis Union Railway; K. Kankakee, Beaverville and ...
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).