List of Indiana railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Common freight carriers[]

Canadian National Railway (CN) through 3 subsidiaries:
- Wisconsin Central (WC)
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway - now part of Wisconsin Central(EJE)
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through 1 subsidiary:
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Central Indiana and Western Railroad (CEIW)
Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND)
Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA)
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (CKIN)
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE)
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)
C&NC Railroad (CNUR)
CSX Corporation (CSX) through 2 subsidiaries:
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
Dubois County Railroad (DCRR)
Elkhart and Western Railroad (EWR)
Elkhart and Western Railway (EWRY)
- Operates the Fulton County Railroad (FC)
Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
Gary Railway (GRW)
Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
Honey Creek Railroad (HCRR)
Hoosier Southern Railroad (HOS)
Indian Creek Railroad (ICRK)
Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
Indiana Eastern Railroad (IERR)
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR)
Indiana Southwestern Railway (ISW)
Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Also operates the Bee Line Railroad (BLEX)
Kendallville Terminal Railway (KTR)
(LMIC)
(LVTT)
Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
Lucas Oil Rail Line (LORL)
City of Madison Port Authority:
- Operates the Madison Railroad (CMPA)
(MGRI)
Norfolk Southern Corporation through 1 subsidiary:
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
(OVR)
(RJCW)
(RJSM)
South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
(SIND)
(SWRX)
Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS)
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)
U S Rail Corporation (USRP):
- Operates the
- Operates the Winamac Southern Railway (WSRY)
Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR)
Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR)

Private freight carriers[]

City of Auburn Port Authority
BP
Steel Dynamics
Yankeetown Docks Corporation (YDCX)

Passenger carriers[]

Indiana passenger rail stations

Legend

South Shore Line

to Millennium Station

Amtrak

to Chicago Union Station

Hammond–Whiting

Hammond Gateway Station

South Hammond

Munster Ridge Road

Hammond

Amtrak

to Chicago Union Station

East Chicago

Munster/Dyer Main Street

Gary Airport

Dyer

Adam Benjamin Metro Center

Miller

Portage/Ogden Dunes

Rensselaer

Dune Park

Beverly Shores

Michigan City

Lafayette

11th Street

Carroll Avenue

Amtrak

to Pontiac, Port Huron

Amtrak

to Grand Rapids

Crawfordsville

Hudson Lake

Indianapolis

Amtrak

to New York City

Amtrak to New York City,

Boston & Washington, D.C.

Amtrak (AMTK)
(CKSI)
Indiana Railway Museum
Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM, ITMZ)
- Operates the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority (HHPA)
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District:
- Operates the South Shore Line
Whitewater Valley Railroad

Defunct railroads[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
	ARE		1995			Still exists as a lessor of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Algers, Winslow and Western Railway	AWW		1927	2007	Norfolk Southern Railway
American Central Railway		NKP	1859	1864
		PRR	1891	1917	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
		NYC/ PRR	1871	1882
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	ATSF		1983	1989	Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
		WAB	1879	1903	Wabash Railroad
		C&EI	1860	1872	Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
		PRR	1853	1853
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	B&O, BO	B&O	1874	1987	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad		B&O	1876	1949	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad		B&O	1899	1949	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
		B&O	1893	1899
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway		B&O	1872	1876	Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
		MILW	1892	1910
		MON	1883	1897	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
		MON	1874	1883
			1901	1917	N/A
		MON	1905	1927	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Bellefontaine Railway		NYC	1864	1868	Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
		NYC/ PRR	1877	1881
		NYC/ PRR	1881	1883
		NYC/ PRR	1883
			1987	1989	Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
		IC, MON	1874	1886	,
		IC	1906	1946	Illinois Central Railroad
		NKP	1886	1886	Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
	BRRC		1985	early 1990s	N/A
Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad		NYC	1835	1837	Northern Indiana Railroad
		WAB	1880	1881
Cairo and Vincennes Railroad		NYC	1872	1880	Cairo and Vincennes Railway
Cairo and Vincennes Railway		NYC	1880	1881	Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
		NYC	1889	1913	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		B&O	1886	1887	Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
		NYC	1887	1889
	CKSI		1987	1988	N/A	Continued as a tourist railroad
Central Indiana Railway	CIND	NYC/ PRR	1903	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Central Railroad of Indianapolis		NYC	1899		N/A
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	C&O, CO	C&O	1921	1987	CSX Transportation
		C&O	1910	1934	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chicago and Atlantic Railway		ERIE	1873	1890	Chicago and Erie Railroad
Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad			1922	1946	N/A
		C&EI	1879	1883
Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway		B&O	1887	1898	Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway			1871	1888	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad		C&O	1902	1902
Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad		PRR	1857	1865	Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
		C&O	1903	1910
		NKP	1866	1886	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Chicago, Continental and Baltimore Railway		ERIE	1871	1873	Chicago and Atlantic Railway
Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad		C&EI	1872	1877
		MON	1880	1880
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	C&EI, CEI	C&EI	1940	1969	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad		C&EI	1877	1922	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway		C&EI	1922	1940	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago and Erie Railroad		ERIE	1890	1941	Erie Railroad
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway		GTW	1880	1900	Indiana and Illinois Railway
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway		PRR	1863	1868	Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
		C&EI	1881	1886
		NYC	1896	1898	Chicago Junction Railway
		EJE	1897	1897	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
	CINR		1979	1979
		C&EI	1885	1894	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		PRR	1893	1917	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad		NYC	1906	1914	New York Central Railroad
		MON	1880	1881	Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway	CI&L, CIL	MON	1897	1956	Monon Railroad
		MON	1896	1897	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Chicago Junction Railway		NYC	1898	1907	Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
		GTW	1873	1879	Indiana Railway
		EJE	1895	1938	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway		MILW	1921	1928	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	MILW	MILW	1928	1985	The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad		IC	1898	1951	Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad		PRR	1883	1890	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		NYC/ PRR	1891	1903	Central Indiana Railway
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad	CSS		1925			Electric until 1981
Chicago and State Line Extension Railway		GTW	1879	1879	North Western Grand Trunk Railway
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad		B&O	1897	1910	Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
	CTSE	MILW	1910	1948	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
		MON	1898	1900
		MON	1900	1916	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Chicago and West Michigan Railway		PM	1881	1917	Pere Marquette Railroad
		B&O	1889	1893
Cincinnati, Bluffton and Chicago Railroad			1903	1917	N/A
Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway		NKP	1853	1854	Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad		NKP, PRR	1854	1860	Cincinnati and Chicago Air-Line Railroad, ,
Cincinnati and Chicago Air-Line Railroad		PRR	1860	1865	Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
		NKP	1868	1869
			1903	1919	N/A
		PRR	1853	1866
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway		B&O	1895	1917	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Leased the and Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad		B&O	1872	1902	Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway		NYC	1880	1889	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad	CIWN	B&O	1915	1990	CSX Transportation
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway		B&O	1902	1915	Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad		NYC	1870	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway		PRR	1853	1854	Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
		B&O	1899	1899	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
		NYC	1865	1877
Cincinnati, New Castle and Michigan Railroad		NKP	1853	1854	Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
		NKP	1853	1865
Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad		PRR	1890	1890	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		PRR	1866	1927	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
		C&O	1900	1903
		SOU	1872	1880
		NYC	1887	1915	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		SOU	1871	1872
		NYC	1871	1877	,
		NYC	1871	1915	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway		NYC	1889	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway		NYC	1868	1889	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		NKP	1865	1879
		NYC/ PRR	1882	1885	Midland Railway
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway		PRR	1868	1883	Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
		NYC	1882	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Columbus and Indiana Central Railway		PRR	1867	1868	Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway		PRR	1864	1867	Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
		PRR	1852	1881	Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
		NKP	1863	1868
Consolidated Rail Corporation	CR		1976	1999	CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
			1947	1956	N/A
		PRR	1869	1871
		MON	1846	1852
			1886	1887
			1887	1891	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
		B&O	1863	1989	CSX Transportation
			1886	1886
		NKP	1877	1879	Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
		WAB	1881	1881	Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad		PRR	1868	1877	Eel River Railroad
		PRR	1869	1870	Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad
		MON		1909
		NYC	1896	1907	Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Eaton and Hamilton Railroad		PRR	1854	1862	Richmond and Miami Railway
Eel River Railroad		PRR	1877	1897
Elkhart and Western Railroad		NYC	1888	1915	New York Central Railroad
			1897	1929	N/A
Erie Railroad	ERIE	ERIE	1941	1960	Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad	EL		1960	1968	Erie Lackawanna Railway
Erie Lackawanna Railway	EL		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Erie Western Railway	ERES		1977	1979
			1909	1919		Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
		C&EI	1881	1911	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		L&N	1869	1871
Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad		C&EI	1853	1877	Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
Evansville and Eastern Electric Railway			1904	1909		Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
		C&EI	1849	1853	Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
	E&I	NYC	1869	1920
		NYC	1853	1869
		NYC	1920	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		SOU	1879	1880
		NYC	1906	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		IC	1881	1903	Illinois Central Railroad
			1918	1946	N/A	Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad			1873	1877	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
		IC	1880	1880
		MILW	1886	1897
		MILW	1897	1897
		SOU	1880	1881
			1888	1947		Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
	EVT		1996	2000	Indiana Southwestern Railway
			1908	1909		Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad		C&EI	1877	1911	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		C&EI	1869	1899	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		NYC	1883	1885
		NYC	1878	1880
		NYC	1877	1915	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
	FRDN		1911	1987
			1906	1911
	FHRR		1987	1991	N/A
			1890	1894
			1894	1903
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad		PRR	1852	1856	Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
		NKP	1881	1890	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
		WAB	1901	1901	Wabash Railroad
			1894	1894
			1890	1890
Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad		NKP	1887	1887	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
		NYC	1880	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation, Hillsdale County Railway
		NYC	1868	1879
		NKP	1869	1881
		NKP	1868	1869
		B&O, NKP	1849	1868	, Ohio and Mississippi Railway
		NYC/ PRR	1890	1901
	FWU	NKP/ NYC/ PRR/ WAB	1922
		PRR	1869	1871
Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad		NKP	1870	1881	Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
		NKP	1879	1881^[1]	Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
		NKP	1876	1882	Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
		NYC	1859	1865
Fulton County Railroad			1981	1985	N/A
		NYC	1906	1928	New York Central Railroad
		PRR	1857	1857	Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad		PRR	1854	1896	Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway		PRR	1896	1954
		NYC	1869	1871
Grand Trunk Railway of Northern Indiana		NYC	1868	1868	Michigan Air Line Railroad
Grand Trunk Western Railway		GTW	1900	1928	Grand Trunk Western Railroad
		B&O	1846	1862
		EJE	1899	1931	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
		C&O	1906		N/A
		NYC	1895	1896
		B&O	1887	1887	Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
		IC	1878	1887
		L&N	1881	1906
		L&N	1906	1906	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Hillsdale County Railway	HCRC		1976	1992	Indiana Northeastern Railroad
		NYC	1880	1882
		SOU	1885	1889
		C&EI	1878	1899	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad	IC	IC	1886	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad	ICG		1972	1986	Indiana Rail Road, Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
		IC	1899	1906
		NYC	1887	1887
		C&EI	1886	1886
Indiana Railway		GTW	1880	1880	Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway		NYC	1879	1887
Indiana Central Railway		PRR	1848	1864	Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway
		C&EI	1880	1881
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway		B&O	1894	1902	Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
			1979	1984
Indiana Harbor Railroad		NYC	1901	1906	Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation	IHRC		1980	1997	C&NC Railroad, CSX Transportation, , Fulton County Railroad, Hoosier Southern Railroad, Maumee and Western Railroad, Wabash Central Railroad
Indiana and Illinois Railway		GTW	1900	1900	Grand Trunk Western Railway
Indiana and Illinois Central Railway		B&O	1853	1875	Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
		NYC	1881	1906	Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
		NYC	1893	1898
		IC	1886	1890
	IIRC		1978	1980	N/A
		NYC	1887	1898
	IMID		1985	1987
		C&EI	1869	1879
		WAB	1891	1959	New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
Indiana and Ohio Railroad	INOH		1979	1997	Indiana and Ohio Railway
		B&O, NKP	1866	1880	, Ohio and Mississippi Railway
		NYC	1886	1887
		IC	1899	1899
		MON	1898	1916	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
		NYC	1887	1887	Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad		NYC	1848	1855	Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway		NYC	1869	1879
		NYC	1853	1867
Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad		NYC	1873	1880	Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
		NYC	1867	1873	Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad
		NYC	1868	1869	Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
		NYC	1879	1879	Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway		B&O	1875	1887	Indianapolis and Wabash Railway
Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway		B&O	1888	1894	Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
		MON	1872	1881
		NYC	1880	1884
		MON	1899	1916	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Indianapolis and Madison Railroad		PRR	1862	1866	Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
		NYC	1880	1881
		NKP	1864	1887	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad		NYC	1855	1864	Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
		NKP	1863	1867
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad		NYC	1867	1882
		NYC	1882	1889	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		NKP	1877	1879	Lake Erie and Western Railway
		IC	1906	1911	Illinois Central Railroad
		IC	1899	1906
Indianapolis Union Railway	IU	NYC/ PRR	1853	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		PRR	1865	1905	Vandalia Railroad
Indianapolis and Wabash Railway		B&O	1887	1888	Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway
Jeffersonville Railroad		PRR	1849	1866	Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad		PRR	1866	1890	Vandalia Railroad
	JKL		1990	2002	N/A
		NYC	1854	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		B&O	1848	1878	Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad
		B&O/ MON/ SOU	1881	1900
		B&O/ MON/ SOU	1900	1910
	KIT	B&O/ MON/ SOU	1910	1981	Southern Railway
			1873	1901
		PRR	1888	1890	Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
		NKP	1875	1876
		NKP	1879	1879	Lake Erie and Western Railway
		NYC	1846	1867
		MON	1892	1897	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad		NKP	1869	1879
		WAB	1890
			1918	1920	N/A
		SOU	1880	1880
		SOU	1871	1877
	LEFW		1904	1982	Norfolk and Western Railway
Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad		PRR	1865	1890	Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
Lake Erie and Louisville Railway			1871	1877	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
		PRR	1860	1865	Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad
		WAB	1852	1856	Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad
Lake Erie and Western Railroad		NKP	1887	1923	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Lake Erie and Western Railway		NKP	1879	1886	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
		C&EI	1885	1885
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway		NYC	1869	1914	New York Central Railroad
		NYC	1850	1853
		IC	1887	1887
		PRR	1869	1871
		PRR	1871	1879
		PRR	1853	1863
		PRR	1853	1853
		PRR	1853	1854
		PRR	1854	1858
		PRR	1901	1905	Vandalia Railroad
		PRR	1856	1918
		PRR	1918	1918
		PRR	1918	1954
		SOU	1886	1889
		SOU	1882	1886
		SOU	1889	1900
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company		NYC	1887	1917	Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company		NYC	1917	1968	N/A (owned by New York Central Railroad)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	L&N, LN	L&N	1880	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
		MON	1859	1873	Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway		MON	1873	1897	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad			1887	2006	Lucas Oil Rail Line
Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway			1881	1887	Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
		SOU	1877	1882
		SOU	1870	1877
Madison Railway	MDRY		1977	1978	Madison Railroad
Madison and Indianapolis Railroad		PRR	1836	1862	Indianapolis and Madison Railroad
		NKP, PRR	1854	1854	Madison and Indianapolis Railroad,
Marion and Logansport Railroad		PRR	1853	1854	Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad
Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad		PRR	1852	1863	Union and Logansport Railroad
		NKP	1875	1876
		NYC	1846	1859
Michigan Air Line Railroad		NYC	1868	1916	Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railroad	MC	NYC	1846	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		NKP	1870	1888	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Michigan Southern Railroad	MSO		1996	2001	Elkhart and Western Railroad, Kendallville Terminal Railway
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad		NYC	1855	1869	Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Midland Railway		NYC/ PRR	1885	1891
The Milwaukee Road, Inc.	MILW		1985	1986	Soo Line Railroad
		IC	1875	1878
Monon Railroad	MON	MON	1956	1971	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		WAB	1890	1891	Wabash Railroad
		NYC	1892	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		NKP	1879	1879
	MWR		1902	1995	N/A
		B&O	1887	1888	Ohio and Mississippi Railway
		SOU	1869	1870
		MON	1847	1859
		NYC	1854	1869
		NKP	1867	1868
New Castle and Richmond Railroad		PRR	1848	1853	Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway
		NKP	1879	1886
New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad	NJII	WAB	1902	1983	Norfolk and Western Railway
New York Central Railroad	NYC	NYC	1914	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
		NKP	1881	1881	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad	NKP	NKP	1887	1964	Norfolk and Western Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway		NKP	1881	1887	Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad
		NKP	1880	1881	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway	N&W, NW		1964	1998	Norfolk Southern Railway
North Western Grand Trunk Railway		GTW	1879	1880	Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
Northern Indiana Railroad		NYC	1837	1855	Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
		NKP	1879	1880
		NKP	1880	1880
Ohio and Indiana Railroad		PRR	1851	1856	Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
		NYC	1881	1881	Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway		NYC	1887	1890	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Peoria and Eastern Railway
		B&O	1853	1853
		PRR	1832	1849	Jeffersonville Railroad
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad		B&O	1848	1867	Ohio and Mississippi Railway
Ohio and Mississippi Railway		B&O	1867	1893
		IC	1889	1897	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		IC	1888	1889
		MON	1885	1887
		MON	1887	1897	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
		NYC	1846	1848	Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad
		GTW	1869	1870
		GTW	1870	1873
Penn Central Transportation Company	PC		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		PRR	1954	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Company		PRR	1871	1918	Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad	PRR	PRR	1918	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
		IC	1880	1900	Illinois Central Railroad
Peoria and Eastern Railway		NYC	1890	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pere Marquette Railroad		PM	1899	1917	Pere Marquette Railway
		PM	1903	1907	Pere Marquette Railroad
Pere Marquette Railway	PM	PM	1917	1947	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
		WAB	1889	1906	Wabash Railroad,
		NKP	1846	1864
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad		PRR	1956	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
	PGRV		1985			Still exists as a lessor of Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad		PRR	1917	1956	Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway		PRR	1890	1917	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad		PRR	1856	1861	Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway		PRR	1862	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
		NYC	1870	1881
	PSLL		1985	1990	N/A
	POR		1987	1996
		IC	1887	1903	Illinois Central Railroad
Richmond and Miami Railroad		PRR	1846	1854	Eaton and Hamilton Railroad
Richmond and Miami Railway		PRR	1862	1890	Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad
		SOU	1869	1872
		C&EI	1902	1903	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		NYC	1848	1850
		PRR	1844	1859
		NYC	1899	1943	New York Central Railroad
		NYC	1869	1870	Michigan Air Line Railroad
			1905	1918
			1903	1918	N/A
		NYC	1862	1890
		IC	1889	1899
		L&N	1872	1879
		L&N	1871	1872
Seaboard System Railroad	SBD		1983	1986	CSX Transportation
		PRR	1859	1882	Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
		PRR	1901	1954
		L&N	1880	1936	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Southern Railway	SOU	SOU	1900	1990	Norfolk Southern Railway
		SOU	1900	1944	Southern Railway
		MILW	1897	1910
		C&EI	1877	1877	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
		PRR	1887	1901
		NYC	1889	1915	New York Central Railroad
			1907	1923	N/A
Terre Haute and Alton Railroad		NYC	1851	1856
		NYC	1856	1862
Terre Haute, Brazil and Eastern Railroad	TBER		1987	1993	N/A
		PRR	1865	1905	Vandalia Railroad
		PRR	1879	1898
		PRR	1898	1905	Vandalia Railroad
		PRR	1847	1865
		NYC	1878	1885
		NYC	1871	1879
		NKP	1853	1859	American Central Railway
	TIPP		1980	1990
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad		NKP	1881	1884
Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad		NKP	1879	1882	Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
		PRR	1858	1862
		PRR	1862	1867	Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
		PRR	1863	1869
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad	TPW		1976	1983	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad		NKP	1886	1900	Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad		NKP	1900	1923	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Toledo and Wabash Railway		WAB	1858	1865	Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad		WAB	1856	1858	Wabash and Western Railway
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway		WAB	1865	1876	Wabash Railway
	TB		1925	1978	N/A
Union and Logansport Railroad		PRR	1863	1867	Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
		NYC/ PRR	1876	1881
		NYC/ PRR	1850	1853	Indianapolis Union Railway
Vandalia Railroad		PRR	1905	1917	Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
		NYC	1879	1938	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
		NYC	1871	1872	Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
Wabash Railroad	WAB	WAB	1942	1991	Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railroad		WAB	1899	1915	Wabash Railway
		C&EI	1851	1853	Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
Wabash Railway		WAB	1915	1942	Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railway		WAB	1877	1879	Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
		WAB	1889	1889	Wabash Railroad
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway		WAB	1879	1886	,
Wabash Western Railway		WAB	1887	1889	Wabash Railroad
Wabash and Western Railway		WAB	1858	1858	Toledo and Wabash Railway
		NYC	1870	1871
		NYC	1848	1855	Northern Indiana Railroad
		C&EI	1872	1872	Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
		EJE		1897
			1901
		NYC	1878	1890	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
White Water Valley Railroad		NYC	1865	1878
			1926	1952	N/A	Electric until 1938

Electric

Name	Mark	From	To	Successor	Notes
Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway		1901	1904	Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway		1904	1925	Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad					Proposed but not built
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad	CSS	1925			Continuing in operation as of 2018


Evansville and Eastern Electric Railway		1904	1909		Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains






Garrett, Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad		1901			^[2]
Indiana Railroad		1930	1941
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company

			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
			1912	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company







Ohio Electric Railway
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company


Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company		1907		Indiana Railroad
			1907	Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

^ The Nickel Plate Story, John A. Rehor, Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1965, pp. 125, 135, 432
^ "New Electric Line". The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. March 29, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
Indiana Department of Transportation: 2008 Indiana Railroad Map
Association of American Railroads: Railroads in Indiana
Richard S. Simons and Francis Haywood Parker, Railroads of Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-253-33351-2

External links[]

Indiana Railroads collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library

[1] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

[3] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

[2] The Nickel Plate Story, John A. Rehor, Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1965, pp. 125, 135, 432

[4] "New Electric Line". The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. March 29, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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