Indiana Rail Road
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Headquarters | standard gauge) |
Length | 225 miles owned |
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Website | www |
The Indiana Rail Road (
Overview
The company was formed in 1986 by entrepreneur Thomas Hoback, who retired as president and chief executive officer in 2015.[1] CSX Transportation now owns a majority interest in the parent company. The company's executive and administrative offices are located in downtown Indianapolis.
In May 2006, INRD completed the purchase of the
The INRD primarily hauls
Long abandoned and now removed was a connection to Union Station. Tracks once ran between Senate Avenue (originally known as Mississippi Street) and Missouri Street north from this terminal's location through the present-day site of Lucas Oil Stadium. A remnant of this connection can still be noted today in the unusual height of I-70's overpass above West and Missouri streets, which when the freeway was built in the early 1970s had to also pass over the once active rail line.
Routes
The Soo Line Railroad abandoned a section of the line between Bedford and Seymour, Indiana, as soon as they took over the Milwaukee Road in 1986. The Canadian Pacific Railway operated on the Chicago–Bedford line from their acquisition of the Soo Line until 2006, when they spun it off to the Indiana Rail Road company. On December 18, 2009, it was decided to cut the southern part of that line even more, as they are abandoning between Bedford and Crane, a total distance of 21.15 miles (34.04 km).[3]
Intermodal terminal
The Indiana Rail Road operates the Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal, located southwest of downtown Indianapolis. In cooperation with the Canadian National Railway, it provides container service between Indianapolis and Canada's ports of Halifax, Nova Scotia ,Vancouver and Prince Rupert, for connection with global shipping.[4] Opened in 2013, the terminal moved 1,450 containers during its first year of operations. In the fall of 2021, it was expected that the terminal would move over 40,000 containers during the year.[5] An expansion project started in 2021, and is expected to be completed in 2023.[5]
Locomotive roster
As of April 2021, the INRD's roster consisted of the following, all built by EMD:[6]
Model | Numbers | Built | Notes |
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GP40M-2 | 3001-3002 | 1967-1970 | Rebuilt from GP40s by Morrison-Knudsen in 1991. |
GP38
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3801 | 1969 | In storage. |
GP38-2
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3802-3808 | 1978-1979 | |
SD40-2
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4001-4006 | 1980 | |
SD60 | 6004, 6006-07, 6009, 6013, 6016-18 | 1987 | |
GP40-2 | 6498 | 1980 | |
SD9043MAC
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9001, 9004-05, 9007, 9009-13, 9025 | 1999 | Built with 4300hp engines instead of standard 6000hp. |
References
- ^ "Tom Hoback: A Vision, an Entrepreneur, and Always in Motion" (PDF). Mileposts. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Trains Magazine NewsWire, March 18, 2009
- ^ "Railroad Abandonments US". Trainweather.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ The Indiana Rail Road: Intermodal
- ^ a b Indiana Rail Road launches intermodal expansion, Progressive Railroading, 2021-09-20
- ^ "Indiana Railroad". www.thedieselshop.us. 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
External links
External images | |
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RailPictures.Net – Indiana Rail Road photographs at RailPictures.Net. | |
Railroad Picture Archives – Indiana Rail Road photographs from Railroad Picture Archives. |
- Indiana Rail Road – Official Website
- Indiana Rail Road Railfan Page – Unofficial Informational Website