The primary purposes of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad (C&WI) were to provide access to Chicago and to provide ... and by the late 1870s more and more eastern trunk-line railroads clamored for access to the Chicago market.

Author: Cynthia L. Ogorek

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

ISBN: 9781439657195

Category: Transportation

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The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was a short line running 16 miles from downtown Chicago to Dolton, Illinois, the first suburb south of Chicago, with another line running southeast from Eighty-First Street to the Indiana state line. Built in the 1880s, it was owned by five trunk line railroads that used it as an efficient and inexpensive route into downtown Chicago. Like many 19th-century railroads, the C&WI reached its traffic peak in the middle of the 20th century. After World War II, passenger travel and shipping moved to airlines and over-the-road trucking. The need for rail access into downtown Chicago declined, and the C&WI ended its service in 1994.

Despite the huge amount of interest in railroads, this is the first complete description and history of the railroads of Indiana from the first line, completed in 1838, up to the present.

Author: Richard S. Simons

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ISBN: UOM:39015040569868

Category: Railroads

Page: 324

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Despite the huge amount of interest in railroads, this is the first complete description and history of the railroads of Indiana from the first line, completed in 1838, up to the present. Simons and Parker follow Indiana's railroads through five distinct eras - 1830 to 1860, 1860 to 1900, 1900 to 1930, 1930 to 1960, and 1960 to 1996. The broad themes of Indiana railroad history are sketched within the framework of these periods. In addition, there is a brief synopsis of each railroad system, tracing its corporate and physical growth and evolution. A third section is devoted to commonalities among the various railroads, focusing on services, facilities, personalities, and accidents.

Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana takes the reader on a journey through the towns and cities that shape Indiana's railroad lore.

Author: David E. Longest

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

ISBN: 0738539589

Category: History

Page: 136

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Did you know that Greene County in Indiana has one of the longest land-crossing railroad trestles in the Midwest? Are you aware that the Southern Railway once used half of the railroad tunnels in the state? Indiana's first railroad, built in Shelbyville, was only a mile long, but in 1847, completion of a major steam railroad from Madison to Indianapolis made the state's capital a center of transportation. Unlike canals, railroads could be built just about anywhere. Southern Indiana's quickly growing network of rail lines was able to haul tons of goods at low cost, and enabled settlers to travel great distances in a single day. Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana takes the reader on a journey through the towns and cities that shape Indiana's railroad lore. Images depict regional rail history from the inner workings of now demolished depots to one of the oldest "short lines" in Indiana. Through more than 200 vintage photographs, author David E. Longest documents locomotives, rail equipment, the moving of stock, depots, rail stations, and freight houses, and finishes with a tour of the rail museums and excursions that still allow tourists and aficionados to "ride the rails."

A second factor affecting Indiana's past rail line abandonments have been general economic conditions. Railroads have been highly susceptible to the upward and downward swings of the business cycle of the national economy.

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ISBN: IND:30000081146171

Category: Railroads

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Mr. J. B. Anderson , Secretary , Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania , 1148 Broad Street Station Building , Philadelphia , Pa . ... Indiana . Mr. W. J. Behmer , Chairman , Legislative Committee , Indiana Railroads , 407 Union Station ...

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce

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ISBN: UOM:39015021137008

Category: Holding companies

Page: 1928

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PENINSULAR RAILWAY . ( Consolidation of Peninsular and Michigan , Peninsular of Indiana , and Chicago , Blue Island and Indiana Railroads . ) Line of Road . — Lansing , Mich . , to Chicago , Ill ... In operation .

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ISBN: UCAL:B4647624

Category: Railroads

Page: 744

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313 — Bureau of Corporate Relations ] Excerpt from Agreement Between the Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock ... the capital stock of The Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company , a corporation organized and existing under and ...

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce

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ISBN: MINN:31951002018304V

Category: Holding companies

Page: 820

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a Mr. SANDERS of Indiana . Of course , in framing this bill you would have to extend Federal control to a certain time . Mr. Bryan . My own opinion is that the Federal ownership and operation of a trunk - line system would not only be ...

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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ISBN: COLUMBIA:CU09382372

Category: Railroads

Page: 1372

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of a determining factor than the mere fact they went across the line and reorganized in Ohio . ... I think it was the Chicago & Indiana Railroad which reorganized in Indiana when the State law was changed to give them the carry ...

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means

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ISBN: UIUC:30112119787734

Category: Railroads

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Considers legislation to revise taxation of railroads reorganized following bankruptcy.

This volume provides the dates of the contraction, purchase, sale, lease and abandonment of the various railroad lines and is complete with charts and maps that provide information on the development and decline of railroads in the state.

Author: Graydon M. Meints

Publisher: Indiana University Press

ISBN: 9780253223593

Category: Transportation

Page: 417

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Railroads have played a major role in transportation, logistics and development in the state of Indiana. A perfect resource for railroad enthusiasts or students of Indiana history, Indiana Railroad Lines provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the railroad companies that operated in the state between 1838 and 1999 and the counties and towns they served. This volume provides the dates of the contraction, purchase, sale, lease and abandonment of the various railroad lines and is complete with charts and maps that provide information on the development and decline of railroads in the state.