Central Railroad Company of Indiana is a
Class III short-line railroad that operates
of track in Southeastern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio.
Beginning in
Shelby County, Indiana, the line runs generally southeast from
Shelbyville through the towns of
Prescott,
Waldron and
Saint Paul
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, then the
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*Decatur County, Indiana
*Decatur County, Iowa
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towns of
Adams,
Greensburg and
New Point. At this point a short stretch of the line passes east through the extreme southwestern corner of
Franklin County, then heads southeast through the
Ripley County communities of
Batesville,
Morris,
Spades
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and
Sunman, and the
Dearborn County towns of
Weisburg,
Kennedy
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,
Guilford
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and
Greendale.
The line runs adjacent to
CSX Transportation
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's former
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Cincinnati to St. Louis main line from CIND MP 2.5 (Storrs) to MP 17.7 (Valley Jct.).
The trackage has been part of the CCC&St.L (
Big Four Railroad
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I ...
), part of what was the
New York Central Railroad, later
Penn Central Corporation and most recently
Conrail
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.
Central Railroad of Indiana is a subsidiary of
Genesee & Wyoming. G&W bought
RailAmerica in 2012, which acquired CIND in 2000.
The majority of the railroad's traffic comes from grain, chemical products, steel, and completed automobiles. The CIND hauled around 8,500 carloads in 2008.
Mileposts and control points
References
External links
Central Railroad of Indiana official webpage - Genesee & Wyoming website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Central Railroad Indiana
Ohio railroads
Indiana railroads
Transportation in Dearborn County, Indiana
Transportation in Decatur County, Indiana
Transportation in Franklin County, Indiana
Transportation in Ripley County, Indiana
Transportation in Shelby County, Indiana
RailAmerica
Spin-offs of Conrail