The Central Indiana & Western Railroad is a short-line railroad, short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County, Indiana, Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX Transportation, CSX line near the city of Anderson, Indiana, Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminating at Lapel, Indiana, Lapel near the western border of the county.
About three miles of operation are on CSX.
The line was formerly part of the Central Indiana Railway, which had been jointly owned by the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad.
The primary traffic is glass-making materials and shipped from South Anderson Yard to Lapel. In addition the CEIW built a track in Anderson at Recycled Polymer Solutions to handle tank cars for trans-loading. They also receive railcars with plastic for Recycled Polymer Solutions
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Freight Railroads Operating in Indiana by Class: 2000
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Switching and terminal railroads
Indiana railroads
Transportation in Madison County, Indiana
Spin-offs of Conrail