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Terre Haute Electric Railway Company c. 1894 Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company map in 1911. On March 1, 1907, financiers Hugh J. McGowan, Randal Morgan and W. Kesley Schoepf formed the THI&E out of four predecessor companies: the Indianapolis and Western Railway, which operated the line from Indianapolis west to Danville; the Indianapolis and Eastern Railway, with lines ...
Terre Haute and Alton Railroad: NYC: 1851 1856 Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad: Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad: NYC: 1856 1862 St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad: Terre Haute, Brazil and Eastern Railroad: TBER 1987 1993 N/A Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad: PRR: 1865 1905 Vandalia Railroad: Terre Haute and ...
The Indiana Railroad was created on July 2, 1930, when Midland Utilities purchased the Union Traction Company of Indiana (UTC) and transferred ownership to the IR. Union Traction (UTC) was the largest interurban system in Indiana with 410 miles (660 km) of interurban trackage and 44 miles (71 km) of streetcar lines in Anderson, Elwood, Marion and Muncie.
Terre Haute Union Station was a passenger train station located at Ninth Street and Spruce Street, Terre Haute, Indiana, serving riders for nearly 67 years. It was completed on August 15, 1893, at the cost of $273,000. Union Station was designed by Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford.
Terre Haute station, also known as the Big Four Depot, was a train station in Terre Haute, Indiana. Construction on the Big Four Railroad station started in 1898 and it opened to passengers on July 27, 1899. [ 2 ]
In February 1852, 73 mi (117 km) of track between Indianapolis and Terre Haute were completed. On March 6, 1865, the name was changed to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. On April 26, 1870, an extension was finished from Terre Haute to the Illinois state line that met up with the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute. [1]
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 ...
Section 3 of the railroad then extended from Terre Haute to Rockville, and Crawfordsville, for a further 51 miles (82 km). [ 5 ] [ 1 ] Section 2, from Vincennes to Terre Haute, was built under William D. Griswold and Chauncey Rose , [ 6 ] , was opened to through traffic on November 23, 1853, [ 7 ] and completed in 1854. [ 8 ]