RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

INDIANA EASTERN RAILROAD

FORMERLY Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
(Miami Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1901-1907 by Chicago Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad
CTC installed 1951-1953
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Cardinal (Amtrak)/1986
ABANDONED 1978 (Fernald-Cincinnati)
ABANDONED 1987 (Peru-Santa Fe)
ABANDONED 1989 (Santa Fe-Marion)
ABANDONED 1992 (Marion-Richmond)
REMAINDER DOWNGRADED

Segment was part of Chesapeake & Ohio main line between Chicago and Cincinnati. Through passenger service from Chicago was discontinued in 1933, operating only from Hammond until 1949. In 1974, because of deteriorated trackage on the then Penn Central, Amtrak's James Whitcomb Riley began using this route. In 1977 train was renamed the Cardinal. In 1978, train began using Baltimore & Ohio trackage between Cottage Grove and Cincinnati, via Hamilton. In 1986, the Cardinal shifted to a new routing via Indianapolis.

Radio Frequency - 160.605? (AAR Channel 33?)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Peru to Cincinnati
Distance is from Cincinnati

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

161.0 Peru
153.2 Santa Fe
146.8 Amboy
143.1 Converse
138.0 Sweetser
134.0 Phoenix (NKP crossing)
132.4 Marion
129.6 Deer Creek (NYC crossing)
127.3 Jonesboro
126.0 Grey
121.0 Fowlerton
113.5 Gaston
105.0 Drew (PRR crossing)
103.0 Muncie (NKP crossing)
97.1 Medford
92.6 Henry
87.1 Losantville (NYC crossing)
79.6 Economy
73.9 Williamsburg
67.5 Wayne
63.0 Richmond
60.3 Elkhorn
54.9 Boston
50.9 Kitchell
45.0 Cottage Grove (CSX crossing)
39.0 Bath
33.1 Peoria
30.5 Newkirk
26.0 Okeana
22.5 Shandon
19.2 Fernald
14.6 Miami
10.0 Dent
7.8 Bridgetown
7.4 Mulligan
6.1 YD Cabin
5.4 Cheviot
1.7 Brighton
1.3 C&O Jct.
--- Cincinnati

1 track, CTC in use.


LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.