Terre Haute to Indianapolis

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• States: Indiana   
• Railroads: PRR, TH&I, TH&R   

The Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad

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Map submitted by Anthony Korzeniewski.

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Abandoned bridge over Lost Creek, east of Terre Haute. Photo by Anthony Korzeniewski, December 2007.

This railroad line was originally chartered by Chauncey Rose as the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad in 1847, with the segment from Terre Haute to Indianapolis being completed in 1851 and the first train running in January 1852. It went through a series of name changes before ending up the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad, and appears to have been sold to the PRR in 1893 and incorporated under the Vandalia name.

When the PRR merged with NYC in 1968 to form Penn Central, they elected to keep the NYC's own double-tracked line between Terre Haute and Indianapolis, abandoning the PRR corridor.

Today, the Terre Haute end of the right-of-way serves as the National Road Heritage Trail, along which remains many artifacts of the former railroad line, as seen in the pictures.

Thanks to Anthony Korzeniewski for contributing information about this route.

Great pictues and more interesting history.

Lisa
Nashville, TN
5/15/2011

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These are great Anthony. You did a great job.

Doris Hughes
Louisville, KY
5/15/2011

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Great research.

Grampa K.

Anthony Korzeniewski
Black Lake, near Onaway Mi., MI
5/17/2011

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In the interest of accuracy, pictures 1-3 illustrate the remnants of a line that was never any part of the TH&I or its successors. The Lost Creek trestle photos, if they are located as the map indicates, were part of the Terre Haute Belt line of the former Milwaukee Road.

Richard Wallis
Wheaton, IL
7/10/2011

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Penn Central did not abandon the PRR corridor from Indy to Terre Haute in 1968. As a kid living next to the old PRR main line, I watched for several years as all Penn Central east bound trains heading for Indy passed by the house. I even recall seeing some short passenger trains pass by. I do not know the exact year they abandoned the line and pulled the rails east of Greencastle, but my guess would be around '72 or '73.

Steve Miller
Seelyville, IN
2/2/2012

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Two things. First, the line between Terre Haute and Greencastle wasn't abandoned until the 1990's. The parallel NYC line almost touches at Greencastle, and rail traffic connected via the North-South Monon line there. Second, there was a short connector in Terre Haute missing from your map that departed the line on your map at 13th street and traveled due west to the Wabash River bridge. That line was abandoned in the early 1980's when I was very young, and I can still vaguely remember the crossings on 4th street and Lafayette Avenue.

Shannon
Linton, IN
10/29/2012

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