Indiana Southern Railroad

Indiana Southern Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersPetersburg, Indiana
Reporting markISRR
LocaleIndiana
Dates of operation1992–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length186 miles (299 km)

The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a Class III, short line railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.[2]

Indiana Southern Railroad operates 186 miles (299 km) of track[2] between Indianapolis and Evansville. From Mars Hill (a neighborhood on the southwest side of Indianapolis) southwest through Martinsville and Spencer to Bee Hunter in Greene County, the ISRR runs on tracks that once made up the majority of the former Indianapolis & Vincennes Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. State Route 67 parallels the ISRR along much of this section. From Bee Hunter to Elnora the ISRR has trackage rights over the Indiana Rail Road. ISRR tracks resume from Elnora through Washington in Daviess County, Petersburg in Pike County, Oakland City in Gibson County, Elberfeld in Warrick County and Daylight in Vanderburgh County before terminating in Evansville along the former New York Central's Evansville & Indianapolis Branch.

Indiana Southern Railroad SD40-2s parked near the interchange with INRD south of Bee Hunter, IN.
  1. ^ Mients, Graydon M. (2011). Indiana Railroad Lines. Indiana University Press.
  2. ^ a b "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.