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The Fulton County Railroad (reporting mark FC) is a privately held short-line railroad that runs from Rochester to Argos, Indiana, where it connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is a switching railroad that originally provided service to only one customer, Wilson Fertilizer and Grain in Rochester, and operates approximately 13 miles of ...
Northern Indiana Railroad: NYC: 1837 1855 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad: Ohio Railway: NKP: 1879 1880 New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: NKP: 1880 1880 New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio and Indiana Railroad: PRR: 1851 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
The Rochester Railway Company operated a streetcar transit system throughout the city of Rochester from 1890 until its acquisition by Rochester Transit Corp. in 1938. Formed by a group of Pittsburgh investors, the Rochester Railway Company purchased the Rochester City & Brighton Railroad in 1890, followed by a lease of the Rochester Electric Railway in 1894.
Rochester was laid out in 1835. The founder Alexander Chamberlain named it for his former hometown of Rochester, New York. [9] The Rochester post office was established in 1836. [10] The Potawatomi Trail of Death came through the town in 1838. [11] Rochester was incorporated as a city in 1853. [1]
Rochester's location on the Michigan Road contributed to continued growth. By 1840, there were several three story buildings and 300 residents. [4] The current courthouse was built in 1895-1896 and the old jail replaced in 1851. The Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railroad arrived in 1869, and brick became the norm for commercial construction. [4]
On May 24, 1888, the Meriden and Waterbury merged with the Meriden and Cromwell to form the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad. [3] The Waterbury extension opened as far as Dublin Street on July 4, 1888. [4] Construction on the final section in Waterbury to connect with the New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) began later ...
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.
The Indiana Railway Museum was founded in 1961 in the Decatur County town of Westport with one locomotive and three passenger cars. The museum relocated to Greensburg and then in 1978 to French Lick after the Southern Railway deeded a total of sixteen miles of right of way stretching from West Baden, Indiana, approximately one mile north of French Lick, to a small village named Dubois, to the ...