Louisville and Indiana Railroad
The Louisville and Indiana Railroad ( AAR reporting as mark: LIRC ) is an American railway company of Class III , the freight between Indianapolis ( Indiana ) and Louisville ( Kentucky ) operates.
history
The company was founded in March 1994 to buy from Conrail a 171-kilometer former line of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Indianapolis and Louisville.
Route usage rights were agreed with the CSX in 2014. This made it possible to install heavier welded rails along the entire route. In 2019, the railway company was named Shortline of the Year by Railway Age magazine .
business
In Indianapolis there are transitions to the CSX , Norfolk Southern and the Indiana Railroad and the Indiana Southern Railroad . There is a connection to the CSX in Seymour and to the CSX, NS, Paducah and Louisville Railway and MG Rail in Louisville .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kathy Bergstrom: Pact with CSX would help the Louisville & Indiana Railroad better serve customers - and attract new ones. Progressive Railroading, September 2013. Accessed June 20, 2019.
- ^ Louisville & Indiana Railroad Co; Anacostia Rail Holdings: Louisville & Indiana Railroad Honored As 2019 Short Line of the Year. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ William C. Vantuono: Railway Age's 2019 Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year: LIRC, RCPE. Railway Age, March 11, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.