The Vandalia Railroad is a

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subsidiary of

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, providing local service from a

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connection in

Vandalia, Illinois Vandalia is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 Census, the population was 7,458. Vandalia is northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. It served as the state capital of Illinois from 1 ...

. The line part of the original main line of the

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, completed in the 1850s between

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and

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. Successor

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abandoned the portion through Centralia in 1981, and in December 1983 the newly created Vandalia Railroad reactivated a short piece. Pioneer Railcorp gained control in October 1994.Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition,

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, 1996, p. 321

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vandalia Railroad 1983 American companies established in 1983 Illinois railroads Pioneer Lines Railway companies established in 1983 Spin-offs of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Transportation in Fayette County, Illinois