The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Common freight carriers
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through 3 subsidiaries:
- Wisconsin Central (WC)
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway - now part of Wisconsin Central(EJE)
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through 1 subsidiary:
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Central Indiana and Western Railroad (CEIW)
- Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND)
- Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA)
- Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (CKIN)
- Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE)
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)
- C&NC Railroad (CNUR)
- CSX Corporation (CSX) through 2 subsidiaries:
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
- Dubois County Railroad (DCRR)
- Elkhart and Western Railroad (EWR)
- Elkhart and Western Railway (EWRY)
- Operates the Fulton County Railroad (FC)
- Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
- Gary Railway (GRW)
- Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
- Honey Creek Railroad (HCRR)
- Hoosier Southern Railroad (HOS)
- Indian Creek Railroad (ICRK)
- Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
- Indiana Eastern Railroad (IERR)
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
- Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
- Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR)
- Indiana Southwestern Railway (ISW)
- Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Also operates the Bee Line Railroad (BLEX)
- Kendallville Terminal Railway (KTR)
- Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC)
- Landisville Terminal & Transfer Company (LVTT)
- Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
- Lucas Oil Rail Line (LORL)
- City of Madison Port Authority:
- Operates the Madison Railroad (CMPA)
- MG Rail (MGRI)
- Norfolk Southern Corporation through 1 subsidiary:
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Ohio Valley Railroad (OVR)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/St Mary's Lines (RJSM)
- South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
- Southern Indiana Railway (SIND)
- Southwind Shortline Railway (SWRX)
- Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS)
- Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)
- U S Rail Corporation (USRP):
- Operates the Kokomo Grain Company
- Operates the Winamac Southern Railway (WSRY)
- Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR)
- Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR)
Private freight carriers
- BP
- City of Auburn Port Authority
- Steel Dynamics
- Yankeetown Docks Corporation (YDCX)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad (CKSI)
- Indiana Railway Museum
- Nickel Plate Express
- Operates the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority (HHPA)
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District:
- Operates the South Shore Line
- Whitewater Valley Railroad
Defunct railroads
<!--was there a separate Kensington and Eastern Railroad in Indiana? Was Whitewater Valley Railroad ever a common freight carrier? What about missing predecessors of the Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|A&R Line, Inc.
|ARE
|
|1995
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
|-
|Algers, Winslow and Western Railway
|AWW
|
|1927
|2007
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|American Central Railway
|
|NKP
|1859
|1864
|Cleveland, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
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|Anderson Belt Railway
|
|PRR
|1891
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Anderson, Lebanon and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1871
|1882
|Cleveland, Indiana and St. Louis Railway
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|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|ATSF
|
|1983
|1989
|Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
|-
|Attica, Covington and Southern Railway
|
|WAB
|1879
|1903
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Attica and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1860
|1872
|Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
|-
|Auburn and Eel River Valley Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1853
|Logansport and Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O, BO
|B&O
|1874<!--leased the B&O and Chicago-->
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
|
|B&O
|1876
|1949
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
|
|B&O
|1899
|1949
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|
|B&O
|1893
|1899
|Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway
|-
|Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway
|
|B&O
|1872
|1876
|Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad
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|Bedford Belt Railway
|
|MILW
|1892
|1910
|Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|-
|Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad
|
|MON
|1883
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
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|Bedford, Springville, Owensburg and Bloomfield Railroad
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|MON
|1874
|1883
|Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad
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|Bedford Stone Railway
|
|
|1901
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Bedford and Wallner Railroad
|
|MON
|1905
|1927
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Bellefontaine Railway
|
|NYC
|1864
|1868
|Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
|-
|Belt Railroad of Indianapolis
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1877
|1881
|Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company
|-
|Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1881
|1883
|Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Company
|-
|Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Company
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1883
|<!--no idea-->
|<!--no idea-->
|-
|Benton Central Railroad
|
|
|1987
|1989
|Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
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|Bloomfield Railroad
|
|IC, MON
|1874
|1886
|Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad, Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad
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|Bloomington Southern Railroad
|
|IC
|1906
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Bluffton, Kokomo and Southwestern Railroad
|
|NKP
|1886
|1886
|Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
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|Borinstein Railroad
|BRRC
|
|1985
|
|N/A
|-
|Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad
|
|NYC
|1835
|1837
|Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Butler and Detroit Railroad
|
|WAB
|1880
|1881
|Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
|
|NYC
|1872
|1880
|Cairo and Vincennes Railway
|-
|Cairo and Vincennes Railway
|
|NYC
|1880
|1881
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
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|Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1913
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
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|Calumet River Railway
|
|B&O
|1886
|1887
|Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
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|Canada and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1889
|Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad
|CKSI
|
|1987
|1988
|N/A
|Continued as a tourist railroad
|-
|Central Indiana Railway
|CIND
|NYC/ PRR
|1903
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Central Railroad of Indianapolis
|
|NYC
|1899
|<!--no idea - lasted into the Conrail era-->
|N/A
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|C&O, CO
|C&O
|1921<!--leased the C&O of Indiana-->
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana
|
|C&O
|1910
|1934
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Chicago and Atlantic Railway
|
|ERIE
|1873
|1890
|Chicago and Erie Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1922
|1946
|N/A
|-
|Chicago and Block Coal Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1879
|1883
|Chicago and Great Southern Railway
|-
|Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
|
|B&O
|1887
|1898
|Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
|
|
|1871
|1888
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
|-
|Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|C&O
|1902
|1902
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|PRR
|1857
|1865
|Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
|-
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|
|C&O
|1903
|1910
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana
|-
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|
|NKP
|1866
|1886
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Continental and Baltimore Railway
|
|ERIE
|1871
|1873
|Chicago and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1872
|1877
|State Line and Covington Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Dyer Railroad
|
|MON
|1880
|1880
|Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway
|-
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|C&EI, CEI
|C&EI
|1940
|1969
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1877
|1922
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
|-
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
|
|C&EI
|1922
|1940
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Erie Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1890
|1941
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|
|GTW
|1880
|1900
|Indiana and Illinois Railway
|-
|Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
|
|PRR
|1863
|1868
|Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
|-
|Chicago and Great Southern Railway
|
|C&EI
|1881
|1886
|Indiana Railway
|-
|Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad
|
|NYC
|1896
|1898
|Chicago Junction Railway
|-
|Chicago Heights and Northern Railway
|
|EJE
|1897
|1897
|Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|-
|Chicago and Indiana Railroad
|CINR
|
|1979
|1979
|Tippecanoe Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway
|
|C&EI
|1885
|1894
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Indiana and Eastern Railway
|
|PRR
|1893
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1906
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway
|
|MON
|1880
|1881
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|-
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|CI&L, CIL
|MON
|1897
|1956
|Monon Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Indianapolis Terminal Company
|
|MON
|1896
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Chicago Junction Railway
|
|NYC
|1898
|1907
|Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|
|GTW
|1873
|1879
|Indiana Railway
|-
|Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
|
|EJE
|1895
|1938
|Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|MILW
|1921<!--leased the CTH&SE-->
|1928
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|MILW
|MILW
|1928
|1985
|The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|-
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad<!--at Evansville-->
|
|IC
|1898
|1951
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1890
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Chicago and South Eastern Railway
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1891
|1903
|Central Indiana Railway
|-
|Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|CSS
|
|1925
|
|
|Electric until 1981
|-
|Chicago and State Line Extension Railway
|
|GTW
|1879
|1879
|North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
|
|B&O
|1897
|1910
|Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|CTSE
|MILW
|1910
|1948
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad
|
|MON
|1898
|1900<!--?-->
|Chicago and Wabash Valley Railway
|-
|Chicago and Wabash Valley Railway
|
|MON
|1900
|1916
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway<!--and which predecessors, if any?-->
|
|PM
|1881
|1917
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Bedford Railway
|
|B&O
|1889
|1893
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Bluffton and Chicago Railroad
|
|
|1903
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway
|
|NKP
|1853
|1854
|Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|NKP, PRR
|1854
|1860<!--or 1867?-->
|Cincinnati and Chicago Air-Line Railroad, Cincinnati, Connersville and Muncie Railroad, Connersville and New Castle Junction Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Chicago Air-Line Railroad
|
|PRR
|1860
|1865
|Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Connersville and Muncie Railroad
|
|NKP
|1868
|1869
|Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway
|
|
|1903
|1919
|N/A
|-
|Cincinnati and Fort Wayne Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1866
|Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
|
|B&O
|1895
|1917<!--?-->
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|Leased the Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway and Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|B&O
|1872
|1902
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|
|NYC
|1880
|1889
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
|CIWN
|B&O
|1915
|1990
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|
|B&O
|1902
|1915
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad
|
|NYC
|1870
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway
|
|PRR
|1853
|1854
|Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Louisville and Vincennes Railway
|
|B&O
|1899
|1899
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Martinsville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1865
|1877
|Fairland, Franklin and Martinsville Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, New Castle and Michigan Railroad
|
|NKP
|1853
|1854
|Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway
|
|NKP
|1853
|1865
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890
|1890
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1927
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Richmond and Muncie Railroad
|
|C&O
|1900
|1903
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Rockport and Southwestern Railway
|
|SOU
|1872
|1880
|Evansville, Rockport and Eastern Railway
|-
|Cincinnati and Southern Ohio River Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1915
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cincinnati and Southwestern Railway
|
|SOU
|1871
|1872
|Cincinnati, Rockport and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Cincinnati and Terre Haute Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1877
|Columbus, Hope and Greensburg Railroad, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1915
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
|
|NYC
|1868
|1889
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cleveland, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|NKP
|1865
|1879
|Ohio Railway
|-
|Cleveland, Indiana and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1882
|1885
|Midland Railway
|-
|Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
|
|PRR
|1868
|1883
|Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
|-
|Columbus, Hope and Greensburg Railroad
|
|NYC
|1882
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
|
|PRR
|1867
|1868
|Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway
|-
|Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway
|
|PRR
|1864
|1867
|Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
|-
|Columbus and Shelby Railroad
|
|PRR
|1852
|1881
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Connersville and New Castle Junction Railroad
|
|NKP
|1863
|1868
|Cincinnati, Connersville and Muncie Railroad
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Cook Transit Company<!--or was this electric?-->
|
|
|1947
|1956
|N/A
|-
|Crawfordsville and Rockville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1869
|1871
|Logansport, Crawfordsville and South Western Railway
|-
|Crawfordsville and Wabash Railroad
|
|MON
|1846
|1852
|New Albany and Salem Railroad
|-
|Dayton and Chicago Railway
|
|
|1886
|1887
|Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|-
|Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|
|
|1887
|1891
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
|-
|Dayton and Union Railroad
|
|B&O
|1863
|1989
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Decatur and Ohio Railway
|
|
|1886
|1886
|Dayton and Chicago Railway
|-
|Delphos, Bluffton and Frankfort Railroad
|
|NKP
|1877
|1879
|Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1881
|1881
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|-
|Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad
|
|PRR
|1868
|1877
|Eel River Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Logansport and St. Louis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1869
|1870
|Detroit, Eel River and Illinois Railroad
|-
|Dinwiddie and Gary Railway
|
|MON
|<!--no idea-->
|1909
|Chicago and Wabash Valley Railway
|-
|East Chicago Belt Railroad
|
|NYC
|1896
|1907
|Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
|-
|Eaton and Hamilton Railroad
|
|PRR
|1854
|1862
|Richmond and Miami Railway
|-
|Eel River Railroad
|
|PRR
|1877
|1897
|Logansport and Toledo Railway
|-
|Elkhart and Western Railroad
|
|NYC
|1888
|1915
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Elwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad
|
|
|1897
|1929
|N/A
|-
|Erie Railroad
|ERIE
|ERIE
|1941
|1960
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|-
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|EL
|
|1960
|1968
|Erie Lackawanna Railway
|-
|Erie Lackawanna Railway
|EL
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Erie Western Railway
|ERES
|
|1977
|1979
|Chicago and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Evansville Railways Company
|
|
|1909
|1919
|Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville Belt Railway
|
|C&EI
|1881
|1911
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Evansville, Carmi and Paducah Railroad
|
|L&N
|1869
|1871
|St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|-
|Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1853
|1877
|Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
|-
|Evansville and Eastern Electric Railway
|
|
|1904
|1909
|Evansville Railways Company
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville and Illinois Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1849
|1853
|Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
|-
|Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
|E&I
|NYC
|1869
|1920
|Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railway
|-
|Evansville, Indianapolis and Cleveland Straight Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1853
|1869
|Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railway
|
|NYC
|1920
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Evansville Local Trade Railroad
|
|SOU
|1879
|1880
|Evansville, Rockport and Eastern Railway
|-
|Evansville, Mount Carmel and Northern Railway
|
|NYC
|1906
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Evansville and New Harmony Railway
|
|IC
|1881
|1903
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
|
|
|1918
|1946
|N/A
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville, Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
|1873
|1877
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
|-
|Evansville and Peoria Railway
|
|IC
|1880
|1880
|Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|-
|Evansville and Richmond Railroad
|
|MILW
|1886
|1897
|Evansville and Richmond Railway
|-
|Evansville and Richmond Railway
|
|MILW
|1897
|1897
|Southern Indiana Railway
|-
|Evansville, Rockport and Eastern Railway
|
|SOU
|1880
|1881
|Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Evansville Suburban and Newburgh Railway
|
|
|1888
|1947
|Cook Transit Company
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville Terminal Company
|EVT
|
|1996
|2000
|Indiana Southwestern Railway
|-
|Evansville Terminal Railway
|
|
|1908
|1909
|Evansville Railways Company
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1877
|1911
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railway
|
|C&EI
|1869
|1899
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Evansville, Washington and Brazil Railroad
|
|NYC
|1883
|1885
|Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Evansville, Washington and Worthington Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1880
|Indianapolis and Evansville Railroad
|-
|Fairland, Franklin and Martinsville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1877
|1915
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Ferdinand Railroad
|FRDN
|
|1911
|1987
|Ferdinand and Huntingburg Railroad
|-
|Ferdinand Railway
|
|
|1906
|1911
|Ferdinand Railroad
|-
|Ferdinand and Huntingburg Railroad
|FHRR
|
|1987
|1991
|N/A
|-
|Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad
|
|
|1890
|1894
|Fort Wayne and Eastern Railway
|-
|Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
|
|
|1894
|1903<!--?-->
|Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|PRR
|1852
|1856
|Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|
|NKP
|1881
|1890
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne and Detroit Railroad
|
|WAB
|1901
|1901
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne and Eastern Railway
|
|
|1894
|1894
|Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne and Findlay Railroad<!--and any predecessors?-->
|
|
|1890
|1890
|Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad
|
|NKP
|1887
|1887
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation, Hillsdale County Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1879
|Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|NKP
|1869
|1881
|Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railway
|
|NKP
|1868
|1869
|Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railroad
|-
|Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad
|
|B&O, NKP
|1849
|1868
|Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati Railway, Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and Southwestern Railroad
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1890
|1901
|Chicago and South Eastern Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne Union Railway
|FWU
|NKP/ NYC/ PRR/ WAB
|1922
|<!--not sure - does it still exist?-->
|
|-
|Frankfort and Crawfordsville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1869
|1871
|Logansport, Crawfordsville and South Western Railway
|-
|Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad
|
|NKP
|1870
|1881
|Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Frankfort and State Line Railroad
|
|NKP
|1879
|1881
|Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Frankfort, St. Louis and Toledo Railroad
|
|NKP
|1876
|1882
|Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Franklin and Martinsville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1859
|1865
|Cincinnati and Martinsville Railroad
|-
|Fulton County Railroad
|
|
|1981
|1985
|N/A
|-
|Gary and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1906
|1928
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne Railroad
|
|PRR
|1857
|1857
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1854
|1896
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
|-
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
|
|PRR
|1896
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|Grand Rapids, Wabash and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1871
|Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
|-
|Grand Trunk Railway of Northern Indiana
|
|NYC
|1868
|1868
|Michigan Air Line Railroad
|-
|Grand Trunk Western Railway
|
|GTW
|1900
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Greenville and Miami Railroad
|
|B&O
|1846
|1862
|Dayton and Union Railroad
|-
|Griffith and Northern Railway
|
|EJE
|1899
|1931<!--?-->
|Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
|-
|Hammond Belt Railway
|
|C&O
|1906
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Hammond and Blue Island Railroad
|
|NYC
|1895
|1896
|Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad
|-
|Hammond and Lake Michigan Railway
|
|B&O
|1887
|1887
|Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway
|-
|Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad
|
|IC
|1878
|1887
|Lebanon and Western Railroad
|-
|Henderson Bridge Company
|
|L&N
|1881
|1906
|Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|-
|Henderson Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|L&N
|1906
|1906
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|-
|Hillsdale County Railway
|HCRC
|
|1976
|1992
|Indiana Northeastern Railroad
|-
|Hope and Greensburg Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1882
|Columbus, Hope and Greensburg Railroad
|-
|Huntingburg, Tell City and Cannelton Railroad
|
|SOU
|1885
|1889
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|-
|Indiana Block Coal Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1878
|1899
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Illinois Central Railroad
|IC
|IC
|1886<!--leased the future Rantoul Railroad-->
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|-
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|ICG
|
|1972
|1986
|Indiana Rail Road, Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
|-
|Illinois and Indiana Railroad
|
|IC
|1899
|1906
|Indianapolis Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1887
|Indiana and Western Railway
|-
|Indiana Railway
|
|C&EI
|1886
|1886
|Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway
|-
|Indiana Railway
|
|GTW
|1880
|1880
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1879
|1887
|Indiana Railway
|-
|Indiana Central Railway
|
|PRR
|1848
|1864
|Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway
|-
|Indiana and Chicago Railway
|
|C&EI
|1880
|1881
|Chicago and Great Southern Railway
|-
|Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
|
|B&O
|1894
|1902
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
|-
|Indiana Eastern Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
|1979
|1984
|Indiana Midland Railway
|-
|Indiana Harbor Railroad
|
|NYC
|1901
|1906
|Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation
|IHRC
|
|1980
|1997
|C&NC Railroad, CSX Transportation, Evansville Terminal Company, Fulton County Railroad, Hoosier Southern Railroad, Maumee and Western Railroad, Wabash Central Railroad
|-
|Indiana and Illinois Railway
|
|GTW
|1900
|1900
|Grand Trunk Western Railway
|-
|Indiana and Illinois Central Railway
|
|B&O
|1853
|1875
|Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
|-
|Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1906
|Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway
|
|NYC
|1893
|1898
|Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|-
|Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad
|
|IC
|1886
|1890
|St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Indiana Interstate Railway
|IIRC
|
|1978
|1980
|N/A
|-
|Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1898
|St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana Midland Railway
|IMID
|
|1985
|1987
|Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad
|-
|Indiana North and South Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1869
|1879
|Chicago and Block Coal Railroad
|-
|Indiana Northern Railway
|
|WAB
|1891
|1959
|New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
|-
|Indiana and Ohio Railroad
|INOH
|
|1979
|1997
|Indiana and Ohio Railway
|-
|Indiana Southern Railway
|
|B&O, NKP
|1866
|1880
|Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|-
|Indiana and Southwestern Railway
|
|NYC
|1886
|1887
|Canada and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Indiana and Western Railroad
|
|IC
|1899
|1899
|Illinois and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Indiana Transportation Museum
|ITMZ
|
|1960
|2023
|Nickel Plate Express
|-
|Indiana Stone Railroad
|
|MON
|1898
|1916
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Indiana and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1887
|Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad
|
|NYC
|1848
|1855
|Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1869
|1879
|Indianapolis and Danville Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|NYC
|1853
|1867
|Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad
|
|NYC
|1873
|1880
|Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railway
|
|NYC
|1867
|1873
|Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1869
|Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and Danville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1879
|1879
|Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
|
|B&O
|1875
|1887
|Indianapolis and Wabash Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway
|
|B&O
|1888
|1894
|Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad
|
|MON
|1872
|1881
|Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and Evansville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1884
|Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
|MON
|1899
|1916
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and Madison Railroad
|
|PRR
|1862
|1866
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis and Ohio State Line Railway
|
|NYC
|1880
|1881
|Ohio, Indiana and Pacific Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway
|
|NKP
|1864
|1887
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad
|
|NYC
|1855
|1864
|Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
|-
|Indianapolis, Rochester and Chicago Railroad
|
|NKP
|1863
|1867
|Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|
|NYC
|1867
|1882
|Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1882
|1889
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Indianapolis and Sandusky Railroad
|
|NKP
|1877
|1879
|Lake Erie and Western Railway
|-
|Indianapolis Southern Railroad
|
|IC
|1906
|1911
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis Southern Railway
|
|IC
|1899
|1906
|Indianapolis Southern Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis Union Railway
|IU
|NYC/ PRR
|1853
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad
|
|PRR
|1865
|1905
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|Indianapolis and Wabash Railway
|
|B&O
|1887
|1888
|Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway
|-
|Jeffersonville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1849
|1866
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1890
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|J.K. Line, Inc.
|JKL
|
|1990
|2002
|N/A
|-
|Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|NYC
|1854
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Junction Railroad
|
|B&O
|1848
|1878
|Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company
|
|B&O/ MON/ SOU
|1881
|1900
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|B&O/ MON/ SOU
|1900
|1910
|Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|-
|Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
|KIT
|B&O/ MON/ SOU
|1910
|1981
|Southern Railway
|-
|Kingan Railroad
|
|
|1873
|1901
|White River Railway<!--or was it actually White River Valley in between?-->
|-
|Knightstown and Shelbyville Railroad
|
|
|1846
|1854
|N/A
|-
|Kokomo Belt Railroad
|
|PRR
|1888
|1890
|Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
|-
|Kokomo and Marion Railroad
|
|NKP
|1875
|1876
|Frankfort, St. Louis and Toledo Railroad
|-
|LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
|
|NKP
|1879
|1879
|Lake Erie and Western Railway
|-
|Lafayette and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1867
|Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La Fayette Railway
|-
|La Fayette and Monon Railway
|
|MON
|1892
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|LaFayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad
|
|NKP
|1869
|1879
|Muncie and State Line Railroad
|-
|La Fayette Union Railway
|
|WAB
|1890
|<!--does this still exist?-->
|
|-
|LaGrange, Toledo and Eastern Railway
|
|
|1918
|1920
|N/A
|-
|Lake Erie, Evansville and South Western Railway
|
|SOU
|1880
|1880
|Evansville Local Trade Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie, Evansville and Southwestern Railway
|
|SOU
|1871
|1877
|Evansville Local Trade Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie and Fort Wayne Railroad
|LEFW
|
|1904
|1982
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1865
|1890
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie and Louisville Railway
|
|
|1871
|1877
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in Indiana
|-
|Lake Erie and Pacific Railroad
|
|PRR
|1860
|1865
|Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1852
|1856
|Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|
|NKP
|1887
|1923
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Lake Erie and Western Railway
|
|NKP
|1879
|1886
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Lake Michigan and Ohio River Railway
|
|C&EI
|1885
|1885
|Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway
|-
|Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
|NYC
|1869
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Lawrenceburg and Upper Mississippi Railroad
|
|NYC
|1850
|1853
|Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad
|-
|Lebanon and Western Railroad
|
|IC
|1887
|1887
|Rantoul Railroad
|-
|Logansport, Camden and Frankfort Railroad
|
|PRR
|1869
|1871
|Logansport, Crawfordsville and South Western Railway
|-
|Logansport, Crawfordsville and South Western Railway
|
|PRR
|1871
|1879
|Terre Haute and Logansport Railroad
|-
|Logansport and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1863
|Toledo, Logansport and Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Logansport and Pacific Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1853
|Logansport and Pacific Railway
|-
|Logansport and Pacific Railway
|
|PRR
|1853
|1854
|Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railway
|-
|Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railway
|
|PRR
|1854
|1858
|Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railroad
|-
|Logansport and Toledo Railway
|
|PRR
|1901
|1905
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|Louisville Bridge Company
|
|PRR
|1856<!--in Indiana too?-->
|1918
|Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|-
|Louisville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|PRR
|1918
|1918
|Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|-
|Louisville Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|PRR
|1918
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad
|
|SOU
|1886
|1889
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|-
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway
|
|SOU
|1882
|1886
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
|
|SOU
|1889
|1900
|Southern Railway of Indiana
|-
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1887
|1917
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|-
|Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company
|
|NYC
|1917
|1968
|N/A (owned by New York Central Railroad)
|-
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|L&N, LN
|L&N
|1880<!--began operating the St. Louis and South Eastern Railway, May 1, 1880-->
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
|
|MON
|1859
|1873
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway
|
|MON
|1873
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
|
|
|1887
|2006
|Lucas Oil Rail Line
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway
|
|
|1881
|1887
|Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway
|
|SOU
|1877
|1882
|Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway
|
|SOU
|1870
|1877
|Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Madison Railway
|MDRY
|
|1977
|1978
|Madison Railroad
|-
|Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1836
|1862
|Indianapolis and Madison Railroad
|-
|Madison, Indianapolis and Peru Railroad
|
|NKP, PRR
|1854
|1854
|Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, Peru and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Marion and Logansport Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1854
|Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad
|-
|Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad
|
|PRR
|1852
|1863
|Union and Logansport Railroad
|-
|Marion and Ottawa Railroad
|
|NKP
|1875
|1876
|Frankfort, St. Louis and Toledo Railroad
|-
|Martinsville and Franklin Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1859
|Franklin and Martinsville Railroad
|-
|Michigan Air Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Michigan Central Railroad
|MC
|NYC
|1846
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Michigan City and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|NKP
|1870
|1888
|Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Michigan Southern Railroad
|MSO
|
|1996
|2001
|Elkhart and Western Railroad, Kendallville Terminal Railway
|-
|Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|NYC
|1855
|1869
|Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|-
|Midland Railway
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1885
|1891
|Chicago and South Eastern Railway
|-
|The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|MILW
|
|1985
|1986
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Mississippi and Atlantic Railway
|
|IC
|1875
|1878
|Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Monon Railroad
|MON
|MON
|1956
|1971
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|-
|Montpelier and Chicago Railroad
|
|WAB
|1890
|1891
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Muncie Belt Railway
|
|NYC
|1892
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Muncie and State Line Railroad
|
|NKP
|1879
|1879
|LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
|-
|Muncie and Western Railroad
|MWR
|
|1902
|1995
|N/A
|-
|New Albany and Eastern Railway
|
|B&O
|1887
|1888
|Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|-
|New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway
|
|SOU
|1869
|1870
|Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway
|-
|New Albany and Salem Railroad
|
|MON
|1847
|1859
|Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
|-
|New Castle and Danville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1854
|1869
|Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad
|-
|New Castle and Muncie Railroad
|
|NKP
|1867
|1868
|Cincinnati, Connersville and Muncie Railroad
|-
|New Castle and Richmond Railroad
|
|PRR
|1848
|1853
|Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway
|-
|New Castle and Rushville Railroad
|
|NKP
|1879
|1886
|Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
|-
|New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
|NJII
|WAB
|1902
|1983
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|New York Central Railroad
|NYC
|NYC
|1914
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|New York and Chicago Railway
|
|NKP
|1881
|1881
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|NKP
|NKP
|1887
|1964
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|NKP
|1881
|1887
|Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad
|-
|New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|NKP
|1880
|1881
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|
|1964
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|
|GTW
|1879
|1880
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|NYC
|1837
|1855
|Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Ohio Railway
|
|NKP
|1879
|1880
|New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Ohio, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|NKP
|1880
|1880
|New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1851
|1856
|Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Ohio, Indiana and Pacific Railway
|
|NYC
|1881
|1881
|Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
|-
|Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1890
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Peoria and Eastern Railway
|-
|Ohio and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|B&O
|1853
|1853
|Junction Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Indianapolis Railway
|
|PRR
|1832
|1849
|Jeffersonville Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
|
|B&O
|1848
|1867
|Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|-
|Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|
|B&O
|1867
|1893
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|-
|Ohio Valley Railway
|
|IC
|1889
|1897
|Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Ohio Valley Railway and Terminal Company
|
|IC
|1888
|1889
|Ohio Valley Railway
|-
|Orleans, Paoli and Jasper Railway
|
|MON
|1885
|1887
|Orleans, West Baden and French Lick Springs Railway
|-
|Orleans, West Baden and French Lick Springs Railway
|
|MON
|1887
|1897
|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|-
|Pendleton and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1848
|Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad
|-
|Peninsular Railroad
|
|GTW
|1869
|1870
|Peninsular Railway
|-
|Peninsular Railway
|
|GTW
|1870
|1873
|Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania Company
|
|PRR
|1871
|1918
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1918
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway
|
|IC
|1880
|1900
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Peoria and Eastern Railway
|
|NYC
|1890
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|
|PM
|1899
|1917
|Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana
|
|PM
|1903
|1907
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Pere Marquette Railway
|PM
|PM
|1917
|1947
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Peru and Detroit Railway
|
|WAB
|1889<!--?-->
|1906<!--?-->
|Wabash Railroad, Winona Interurban Railway
|-
|Peru and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|NKP
|1846
|1864
|Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway
|-
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|PRR
|1956
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pigeon River Railroad
|PGRV
|
|1985
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of Indiana Northeastern Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1917
|1956
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|PRR
|1890
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
|
|PRR
|1856
|1861
|Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
|
|PRR
|1862
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific Railroad
|
|NYC
|1870
|1881
|Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|-
|Plymouth Short Line, Ltd.
|PSLL
|
|1985
|1990
|N/A
|-
|Poseyville and Owensville Railroad
|POR
|
|1987
|1996
|Owensville Terminal Company
|-
|Rantoul Railroad
|
|IC
|1887
|1903
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Richmond and Miami Railroad
|
|PRR
|1846
|1854
|Eaton and Hamilton Railroad
|-
|Richmond and Miami Railway
|
|PRR
|1862
|1890
|Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad
|-
|Rockport and Northern Central Railway
|
|SOU
|1869
|1872
|Cincinnati, Rockport and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Rossville and Eastern Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1902
|1903
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|Rushville and Lawrenceburg Railroad
|
|NYC
|1848
|1850
|Lawrenceburg and Upper Mississippi Railroad
|-
|Rushville and Shelbyville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1844
|1859
|Shelby and Rush Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1899
|1943<!--?-->
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1870
|Michigan Air Line Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Railway
|
|
|1905
|1918
|LaGrange, Toledo and Eastern Railway
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Traction Company
|
|
|1903
|1918
|N/A
|-
|St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|
|NYC
|1862
|1890
|Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad
|
|IC
|1889
|1899
|Indiana and Western Railroad
|-
|St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|L&N
|1872
|1879
|South East and St. Louis Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
|
|L&N
|1871
|1872
|St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|-
|Seaboard System Railroad
|SBD
|
|1983
|1986
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Shelby and Rush Railroad
|
|PRR
|1859
|1882
|Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|South Chicago and Southern Railroad
|
|PRR
|1901
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|South East and St. Louis Railway
|
|L&N
|1880
|1936
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|-
|Southern Railway
|SOU
|SOU
|1900<!--or earlier through leases?-->
|1990
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Southern Railway of Indiana
|
|SOU
|1900
|1944<!--?-->
|Southern Railway
|-
|Southern Indiana Railway
|
|MILW
|1897
|1910
|Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
|-
|State Line and Covington Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1877
|1877
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|-
|State Line and Indiana City Railway
|
|PRR
|1887
|1901
|South Chicago and Southern Railroad
|-
|Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1915
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Syracuse and Milford Railway
|
|
|1907<!--?-->
|1923
|N/A
|-
|Terre Haute and Alton Railroad
|
|NYC
|1851<!--authorized to enter Indiana February 11, 1851-->
|1856
|Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
|
|NYC
|1856
|1862
|St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute, Brazil and Eastern Railroad
|TBER
|
|1987
|1993
|N/A
|-
|Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1865
|1905
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute and Logansport Railroad
|
|PRR
|1879
|1898
|Terre Haute and Logansport Railway
|-
|Terre Haute and Logansport Railway
|
|PRR
|1898
|1905
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad
|
|PRR
|1847
|1865
|Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1885
|Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute, Worthington and Bloomfield Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1879
|Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Tiffin and Fort Wayne Railroad
|
|NKP
|1853
|1859
|American Central Railway
|-
|Tippecanoe Railroad
|TIPP
|
|1980
|1990
|J.K. Line, Inc.
|-
|Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|
|NKP
|1881
|1884
|Bluffton, Kokomo and Southwestern Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
|
|NKP
|1879
|1882
|Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railroad
|
|PRR
|1858
|1862
|Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway
|-
|Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway
|
|PRR
|1862
|1867
|Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
|-
|Toledo, Logansport and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1863
|1869
|Detroit, Logansport and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
|TPW
|
|1976<!--acquired line to Logansport from Conrail-->
|1983
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad
|
|NKP
|1886
|1900
|Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|-
|Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
|NKP
|1900
|1923
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Toledo and Wabash Railway
|
|WAB
|1858
|1865
|Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|-
|Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad
|
|WAB
|1856
|1858
|Wabash and Western Railway
|-
|Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
|
|WAB
|1865
|1876
|Wabash Railway
|-
|Twin Branch Railroad
|TB
|
|1925
|1978
|N/A
|-
|Union and Logansport Railroad
|
|PRR
|1863
|1867
|Columbus and Indiana Central Railway
|-
|Union Railroad, Transfer and Stock Yard Company
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1876
|1881
|Belt Railroad and Stock Yard Company
|-
|Union Track Railway
|
|NYC/ PRR
|1850
|1853
|Indianapolis Union Railway
|-
|Vandalia Railroad
|
|PRR
|1905
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville Railroad
|
|NYC
|1879
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Vincennes and Cairo Railroad
|
|NYC
|1871
|1872
|Cairo and Vincennes Railroad
|-
|Wabash Railroad
|WAB
|WAB
|1942
|1991
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Wabash Railroad
|
|WAB
|1899
|1915
|Wabash Railway
|-
|Wabash Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1851
|1853
|Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
|-
|Wabash Railway
|
|WAB
|1915
|1942
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash Railway
|
|WAB
|1877
|1879
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|-
|Wabash Eastern Railway of Indiana
|
|WAB
|1889
|1889
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
|WAB
|1879
|1886
|Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway, Wabash Eastern Railway of Indiana
|-
|Wabash Western Railway<!--operated part of the old Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway as agent-->
|
|WAB
|1887
|1889
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash and Western Railway
|
|WAB
|1858
|1858
|Toledo and Wabash Railway
|-
|Warsaw, Goshen and White Pigeon Railroad
|
|NYC
|1870
|1871
|Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
|-
|Western Division, Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad
|
|NYC
|1848
|1855
|Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Western Indiana Railroad
|
|C&EI
|1872
|1872
|Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
|-
|Western Indiana Railway
|
|EJE
|<!--no idea-->
|1897
|Chicago Heights and Northern Railway
|-
|White River Railway
|
|
|1901<!--or was it actually White River Valley in between?-->
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|White Water Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1890
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|White Water Valley Railroad
|
|NYC
|1865
|1878
|White Water Railroad
|-
|Winona Railroad
|
|
|1926
|1952
|N/A
|Electric until 1938
|}
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|Beech Grove Traction Company
|
|
|
|
|-
|Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway
|
|
|1901
|1904
|Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
|-
|Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
|
|
|1904
|1925
|Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|-
|Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|Proposed but not built
|-
|Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|CSS
|
|1925
|
|
|Continuing in operation as of 2018
|-
|Evansville Railway
|-
|Evansville Railways Company
|
|
|
|
| Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
|
|-
|Evansville and Eastern Electric Railway
|
|
|1904
|1909
|Evansville Railways Company
|Operated electric passenger and steam freight trains
|-
|Evansville, Henderson and Owensboro Railway
|
|
|
|
|Evansville Railways Company
|-
|Evansville and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
|
|
|
|
|Evansville Railways Company
|-
|Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
|
|
|1918
|1939
|-
|Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
|-
|Evansville Suburban and Newburgh Railway
|-
|Evansville Terminal Railway
|
|
|
|
|Evansville Railways Company
|-
|Garrett, Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad
|
|
|1901
|
|
|
|-
|Indiana Railroad
|
|
|1930
|1941
|
|
|-
|Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company
|
|
|1905
|1932
|-
|Indianapolis and Eastern Railway
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis and Martinsville Rapid Transit Company
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis and Northwestern Traction Company
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis and Western Railway
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis Coal Traction Company
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Electric Railway
|
|
|
|1912
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Interstate Public Service Company
|-
|Kokomo, Marion and Western Traction Company
|-
|Lebanon and Thorntown Traction Company
|-
|Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Company
|-
|Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
|-
|Marion, Bluffton and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Northern Indiana Railway
|-
|Ohio Electric Railway
|-
|Richmond Street and Interurban Railway
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Traction Company
|-
|Southern Indiana Railway
|-
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|
|
|1907
|
|Indiana Railroad
|-
|Terre Haute Traction and Light Company
|
|
|
|1907
|Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
|-
|Winona Railroad
|-
|Winona Interurban Railway
|-
|Winona Service Company
|-
|Winona and Warsaw Railway
|}
Notes
References
- Indiana Department of Transportation: 2008 Indiana Railroad Map
- Association of American Railroads: Railroads in Indiana
- Richard S. Simons and Francis Haywood Parker, Railroads of Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1997,
External links
- Indiana Railroads collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library