Railroads of Indianapolis CSX INRD ISRR ‎LIRC HHPA CIND INDIANA

Baltimore & Ohio .. Illinois Central .. Louisville & Nashville INRD
Louisville & Indiana Railroad .. Nickle Plate Road .. CNC railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad

[@josephbrewer5523]

WOW! You did a wonderful job with this video! . The one thing I love about Indianapolis is that it has A LOT of train traffic that goes directly through its downtown. I live on the NE side of the Indianapolis area (Fishers) and there is ZERO train traffic on the north side. Occasionally you can hear a train blow it's whistle (CSX mainline to the south/southeast). I find it depressing as I grew up in a small town (Cayuga) that continues to have buys/steady train traffic.

[@isaactierney5132]

Great video! Lots of information!

[@keithstudly6071]

This video is a good start. Lot's of additional information to add but it would take about as long as this to cover each the lines properly. The lines from Indianapolis to Cincinnati include the Big4, NYC, PennCentral, Conrail line through Shelbyville and Greensburg, which was the main line, and the old CH&D line that became the B&O through Rushville and Connersville. When Conrail was looking to cut miles the two lines were compared and Conrail decided that one needed to go. The C&O was not going to drop the B&O line and had more on line traffic. That line now carries the Amtrak Cardnal Train 3 days a week. Some say the reason they kept the Shelbyville to Indianapolis segment of the Big4 line is so that the line didn't become a competing line with the line they kept to Concinnati. I don't know if that's true or not but it's an interesting Idea. There are stories like this about most of the lines through Indianapolis, if you want to explore them.

[@cashbouvier]

Funny hearing about the restoration efforts for the Nickle Plate. Now I pass over it multiple times a day and it's completely gone. I think they're turning it into a trail...

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

Cool Nickle plate express,

[@smoothkirito]

The Illinois Central wanted rid of this line because everything about the infrastructure was a headache with what they saw as little chance of upside due to the connection to other lines in Indianapolis being problematic at best. The irony is that INRD is now one of the most profitable class 2 railroads due to their shared intermodal traffic with CN, which unloads in the heart of Indianapolis with easy access to the many interstates and allowing said traffic to bypass the nightmare that is Chicago. Ironically, INRD also owns the line that ISRR has trackage rights on to connect their line from Indy to Evansville, although they rarely run through trains on it. The line they have rights on is actually a former Milwaukee line, not NYC. There are a few other points I could help clear up on, but this is starting to turn into an essay.

[@action_jackson_reactions2812]

On the CIND, Shelbyville-Greensburg is abandoned. Also I saw that the Indiana and Ohio Railway has acquired the CIND line.

[@jimsmith8635]

wow,, now thats a railroad video,, good job

[@aaronstreeval3910]

The LIRC north end sees 2 daily csx frieght trains An as needed potash train on occasion And the LIRC local z550 It gets more busy the further south you go from Edinburgh Indiana and then Seymour.

[@ZaksMuscleMotors]

I work at the Nickel Plate come out and see us I’d love to show you around if you haven’t been yet

[@arrowguy173]

Really enjoyed this and the Kokomo video. Grew up near Elkhart in the 70s and remember many trips through northern IN towns between there and Indy and as a kid I was always impressed with the many different railroads that made their way to Chicago. Thanks for taking the time to put these together. I recommend the book Railroads of Indiana for anyone that is from the Hoosier state.

[@indianachannel4486]

thanks

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

My half sister lives in Indianapolis, my dads in Jasper, interesting videos, I've lived all over Indiana growing up ,I use to sit on my grandmas porch in Evansville and watch the trains go by,

[@indianachannel4486]

really,, thats cool.. I loved it as a kid,,, trains are still kinda entertaining

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

Very informative, great job researching for this video

[@scottrogers4171]

pretty good, lots of knowledge

[@cheeze5875]

Speedway resident here. Old P&E trestle is covered in no trespassing signs. Also not really much to look at any more. The rail is gone and most of the timbers have already rotted away.

[@indianachannel4486]

I must pay my tribute to the old P&E

[@jeffreyhueseman7061]

The old NYC line from Cincinnati to Greensburg is active, it now transports automobile from the Honda Plant there.

[@action_jackson_reactions2812]

Shelbyville to Greensburg is abandoned

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

Yes very cool

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

Great video have a awesome week,

[@Simo-nk1oq]

Was'nt the Indianapolis Union Railway known as the Belt Railroad? Why no mention of it?

[@cheeze5875]

The belt operated in a loop tighter then that of I465 around Indy so it never crossed under/over it anywhere

[@Simo-nk1oq]

Thx. If you look on Fallen Flags RRs under miscellaneous I you can see pics of old Fairbanks Morse yard switchers they kept @ Harding St. Cheers

[@MarionLeopard8141]

dude how do u know this?!?