The St. Louis Line Subdivision was formed from two main lines, joined by a short connecting track in Terre Haute, Indiana. From Terre Haute east to Indianapolis, the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad opened in 1870; this became part of the New York Central Railroad (NYC) through leases and mergers. The line west of Terre Haute was built by the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road (in Indiana) and the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad (in Illinois), and was also completed in 1870.[2] These companies became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) through leases and mergers.
Both lines became part of Penn Central Transportation and then Conrail, which decided to downgrade the PRR's line east of Terre Haute and the NYC's line west of Terre Haute, building a short connection in Terre Haute and forming the St. Louis Line. The line was assigned to CSX in Conrail's 1999 breakup.
^"PRR Chronology, 1870" (PDF). (57.0 KiB), January 2005 Edition
^"The National Limited Timetable". Amtrak. October 31, 1976.
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louis, line, subdivision, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, a. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St Louis Line Subdivision news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The St Louis Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U S states of Indiana and Illinois The line runs from Indianapolis Indiana west southwesterly to East St Louis Illinois 1 along a former Conrail line partly former New York Central Railroad trackage and partly former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage At its east end near Avon Yard the St Louis Line Subdivision continues through downtown Indianapolis as the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision Its west end is near Rose Lake Yard in East St Louis where it meets the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis Along the way the line intersects the Lafayette Subdivision at Greencastle Indiana and the CE amp D Subdivision and Danville Secondary Subdivision at Terre Haute Indiana Its west end is near the west end of the Illinois Subdivision History editThe St Louis Line Subdivision was formed from two main lines joined by a short connecting track in Terre Haute Indiana From Terre Haute east to Indianapolis the Indianapolis and St Louis Railroad opened in 1870 this became part of the New York Central Railroad NYC through leases and mergers The line west of Terre Haute was built by the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road in Indiana and the St Louis Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad in Illinois and was also completed in 1870 2 These companies became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad PRR through leases and mergers Both lines became part of Penn Central Transportation and then Conrail which decided to downgrade the PRR s line east of Terre Haute and the NYC s line west of Terre Haute building a short connection in Terre Haute and forming the St Louis Line The line was assigned to CSX in Conrail s 1999 breakup Amtrak s National Limited used the line between 1971 and 1976 with stops at Effingham and Terre Haute 3 References edit CSX Timetables St Louis Line Subdivision PRR Chronology 1870 PDF 57 0 KiB January 2005 Edition The National Limited Timetable Amtrak October 31 1976 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Louis Line Subdivision amp oldid 1038515709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
