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Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad

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145: 283:) by 1841, the railroad was transferred to private ownership on June 20, 1842, as the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company. This entity completed the remainder of the line from Queensville to Indianapolis, a distance of 57.99 miles (93.33 km), by 1847. Although it was successful for more than a decade, it went into decline, was sold at foreclosure on March 27, 1862, and renamed the 298:
Organized on April 30, 1866, for the purpose of uniting the two lines, the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company (JM&I) absorbed the Indianapolis & Madison the next day, with the Jeffersonville Railroad being officially merged in on June 1 of that same year, upon the
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Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, Vernon Overpass, Gains Street and Pike Street, Vernon, Jennings County, IN
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Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, Madison Incline, West Main Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN
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established Indiana's first railroad to actually be built. Construction began on the state-owned
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Share of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad Company, issued 8 August 1871
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The Ohio and Indianapolis Railroad was chartered February 3, 1832, to build a line from
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Companies affiliated with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana
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in 1864 and began running over the Jeffersonville Railroad's nearby tracks.
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on September 16, 1836. After building only 27.80 miles (44.74 km) from
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Corporate Genealogy - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
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in August 1852, and on September 1, 1852, it began operating the
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Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad collection
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Knightstown & Shelbyville Railroad 1852 (abandoned 1868)
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The first section, from Jeffersonville to just north of
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Madison, Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad 1843
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(January 20, 2008). 376: 306:held up the JM&I Railroad train at 197:Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad 1890 189:Rushville and Shelbyville Railroad 1859 162:Madison and Indianapolis Railroad 1862 159:Indianapolis and Madison Railroad 1866 528: 450:"National Register Information System" 571:Railway companies established in 1866 397: 317:opened in 1872. It was placed on the 206:The Fremont and Indiana Railroad 1861 503:Historic American Engineering Record 455:National Register of Historic Places 319:National Register of Historic Places 246:Knightstown and Shelbyville Railroad 442: 259:On January 27, 1836, an act of the 200:Lake Erie and Pacific Railroad 1865 13: 350:Hallberg, M. C. (April 24, 2006). 254:Rushville and Shelbyville Railroad 175:Ohio and Indianapolis Railway 1849 14: 602: 496: 308:Marshfield, Scott County, Indiana 285:Indianapolis and Madison Railroad 265:Madison and Indianapolis Railroad 194:Columbus and Shelby Railroad 1881 130:Indianapolis and Madison Railroad 65:Indianapolis and Madison Railroad 591:1866 establishments in Indiana 581:Robberies in the United States 556:Transportation in Indianapolis 370: 343: 186:Shelby and Rush Railroad 1882 1: 336: 172:Jeffersonville Railroad 1866 439:and accompanying photographs 139: 7: 324: 10: 607: 216: 536:Defunct Indiana railroads 473:Railroad History Database 86: 81: 71: 61: 53: 43: 33: 28: 24: 505:(HAER) No. IN-19, " 261:Indiana General Assembly 235:Jeffersonville Railroad 231:Jeffersonville, Indiana 134:Jeffersonville Railroad 512:HAER No. IN-20, " 149: 67:Jeffersonvile Railroad 460:National Park Service 408:(Searchable database) 302:On May 22, 1868, the 147: 38:Indianapolis, Indiana 275:(just northwest of 21: 483:2006-09-07 at the 150: 54:Dates of operation 19: 586:Crimes in Indiana 122: 121: 598: 464: 463: 446: 440: 438: 436: 435: 430: 418: 416: 415: 409: 401: 395: 394: 392: 390: 385:on July 17, 2012 381:. 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Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
Track gauge
standard gauge

Indianapolis
Ohio River
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville Railroad
Memphis, Indiana
Knightstown and Shelbyville Railroad
Columbus
Rushville and Shelbyville Railroad
Indiana General Assembly
Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
Madison
Queensville
North Vernon
Jennings County
Indianapolis and Madison Railroad
Columbus
Edinburgh
Reno Gang
Marshfield, Scott County, Indiana
Scottsburg Depot
National Register of Historic Places
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana
"Railroads in North America: Some Historical Facts and An Introduction to an Electronic Database of North American Railroads and Their Evolution"
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