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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 Waterbury Branch is a branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, running north from a junction in the Devon section of Milford to Waterbury, Connecticut. Originally built as the Naugatuck Railroad , it once continued north to Winsted .
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.
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 ...
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]
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]
The Indiana Boxcar Corporation (IBC), based in Connersville, Indiana, United States, provides services such as locomotive leasing to the rail industry. It also owned several short-line railroads which operated lines under contract for their owners: [1] Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad under contract for the town of North Judson, Indiana (2004 ...