Hoosier Southern Railroad
- Hoosier Southern Railroad
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Hoosier Southern Railroad
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marks=HOS
locale=southern Indiana
start_year=1991
end_year=present
hq_city=Tell City, IndianaThe Hoosier Southern Railroad reporting mark|HOS is a Class III short-line railroad owned and operated by the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA) of Perry County, Indiana.
History
The railroad originally consisted of a 19.8-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority's purchase.
Purpose and services
PCPA's goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern.
Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties.
Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.
Communities
The Hoosier Southern passes through the following Indiana communities:
*Cannelton
*Tell City
*Troy
*Evanston
*Buffaloville
*Lincoln City
ources
* [http://www.pcrailport.com/hsrailroad.htm Official website of the Hoosier Southern Railroad] , with link to Perry County Port Authority operations
* [http://www.bts.gov/publications/state_transportation_statistics/indiana/html/table_01_13.html Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Freight Railroads Operating in Indiana by Class: 2000]
* [http://www.ispls.org/pdf/RailroadListIN.pdf Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors: Railroad List]
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