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U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

Common freight carriers

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

(CN) through 3 subsidiaries: ** Wisconsin Central (WC) **

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operat ...

- now part of Wisconsin Central(EJE) **

Grand Trunk Western Railroad The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad ha ...

(GTW) **

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, ...

(IC) *

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Ka ...

(CP) through 1 subsidiary: **

Soo Line Railroad The Soo Line Railroad is one of the primary United States railroad subsidiaries for the CPKC Railway , one of six U.S. Class I railroads, controlled through the Soo Line Corporation. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Saul ...

(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 Corporation is an American holding company focused on rail transportation and real estate in North America, among other industries. The company was established in 1980 as part of the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries merge ...

(CSX) through 2 subsidiaries: **

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of track, it is the lead ...

(CSXT) **

Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad is a terminal railroad in the Chicago area, formerly giving various other companies access to (Chicago's) Grand Central Station (Chicago), Grand Central Station. It also served to connect those rai ...

(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 The Indiana Eastern Railroad is a short-line railroad in the states of Indiana and Ohio, operating a former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway line between Richmond, Indiana and Fernald, Ohio. It began operations in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Respondek ...

(IERR) * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB) *

Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class III shortline railroad, short line freight railroad operating on nearly in southern lower Michigan, northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company be ...

(IN) * Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) * Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR) *

Indiana Southwestern Railway Indiana Southwestern Railway is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The ISW is a Class III railroad, and operated on 17 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana. Th ...

(ISW) *

Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad The Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana. History In December 1977, Conrail was set to abandon of their ex-New York Centr ...

(KBSR) **Also operates the Bee Line Railroad (BLEX) *

Kendallville Terminal Railway The Kendallville Terminal Railway (reporting marks KTR) is a Class III common carrier owned by Pioneer Railcorp, in Northern Indiana. The line runs for 1.1 miles in Kendallville, Indiana and also connects with Norfolk Southern Railway The ...

(KTR) * Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC) * Landisville Terminal & Transfer Company (LVTT) * Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC) * Lucas Oil Rail Line (LORL) *City of Madison Port Authority: **Operates the Madison Railroad (CMPA) * MG Rail (MGRI) *

Norfolk Southern Corporation The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...

through 1 subsidiary: **

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...

(NS) * Ohio Valley Railroad (OVR) * R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW) * R.J. Corman Railroad/St Mary's Lines (RJSM) * South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH) * Southern Indiana Railway (SIND) * Southwind Shortline Railway (SWRX) * Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS) * Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) * U S Rail Corporation (USRP): **Operates the Kokomo Grain Company **Operates the Winamac Southern Railway (WSRY) * Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) * Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR)

Private freight carriers

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

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(AMTK) * Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad (CKSI) * Indiana Railway Museum * Nickel Plate Express **Operates the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority (HHPA) *

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District The South Shore Line is an electrically powered commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend Airport station in Sout ...

: **Operates the

South Shore Line The South Shore Line is an electrically powered commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend Airport station in Sout ...

* Whitewater Valley Railroad

Defunct railroads

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Notes

References

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Indiana Department of Transportation: 2008 Indiana Railroad MapAssociation of American Railroads: Railroads in Indiana
*Richard S. Simons and Francis Haywood Parker, Railroads of Indiana,

Indiana University Press Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes ...

, 1997,

External links

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

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