The Frankfort Secondary Subdivision is a
railroad
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line owned by
CSX Transportation in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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. The line runs from
Clermont on the
Crawfordsville Branch Subdivision north to
Frankfort[CSX Timetables: Frankfort Secondary Subdivision]
/ref> along a former Pennsylvania Railroad line.
History
The Indianapolis and Frankfort Railroad
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( Ben Davis north to Frankfort) opened in 1918 as the last new main line railroad in Indiana, completing the PRR's route between Chicago and southern Indiana. The line passed through mergers and takeovers into Conrail; in the 1999 split of Conrail it was assigned to CSX. By this time, the line north of Clermont was the Frankfort Secondary, while the short piece from Clermont south to Ben Davis was part of the Crawfordsville Branch.Conrail System Map Showing The Proposed Allocation Of Conrail Lines & Rights
, July 9, 1997
References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in Indiana
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad lines
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