The Fulton County Railroad is a privately held

short-line railroad :''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.'' A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that opera ...

that runs from

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to Argos, Indiana, where it connects with the

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

. It is a switching railroad that originally provided service to only one customer, Wilson Fertilizer and Grain in Rochester, and operates approximately 13 miles of track. Since February 24, 2011, freight on FC infrastructure is handled by

Elkhart and Western Railroad The Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp , is a Class III short-line railroad operating three unconnected lines in northern Indiana. The first, the Elkhart Branch, is in and around the city of Elkha ...

through

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. In addition to the original customer, it now also serves a scrap yard and occasional other customers.

References

External links

US Railroad Retirement Board Determination: Fulton County Railroad
Indiana railroads Transportation in Fulton County, Indiana Transportation in Marshall County, Indiana {{Indiana-transport-stub