The Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad was a small railroad company that operated approximately of track between the
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
cities of
Frankfort and
Kokomo.
The F&K's rail line, laid down in 1873, was generally of poor condition and made the cars that traveled along it jog from side to side, leading to its nickname "The Rabbit Track Line".
The first train cars made the trip between the two cities on May 28, 1874.
In 1881 the F&K Railroad was converted from to
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
and consolidated into the
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad. In 1886, it was returned to under the ownership of the
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
The Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad, often abbreviated TStL&W and commonly known as the Clover Leaf, was a railroad company that operated in northwestern Ohio, north central Indiana, and south central Illinois during the late 19th and early ...
, later renamed the
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad and commonly known as the "Clover Leaf".
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Defunct Indiana railroads
Transportation in Clinton County, Indiana
Transportation in Howard County, Indiana
Predecessors of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Railway companies established in 1870
Railway companies disestablished in 1881
3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Narrow gauge railroads in Indiana