Indiana Southwestern Railway
- Indiana Southwestern Railway
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Indiana Southwestern Railway
logo_filename=
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marks=ISW
locale=Evansville, Indiana to Cynthiana, Indiana
start_year=April 1, 2000
end_year=present
hq_city=Peoria, Illinois (corporate); Evansville, Indiana (operations)
Indiana Southwestern Railway reporting mark|ISW is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The ISW is a Class III railroad, and operates on 23 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana.
The line was originally operated as part of an Illinois Central Railroad line that ran all the way to Newton, Illinois. Illinois Central sold off the line south of Browns, Illinois, to Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation; the line went through a succession of operators, all of which had to contend with the line's ancient bridge over the Wabash River near Grayville, Illinois. The bridge suffered damage from floods on more than one occasion, and one span finally collapsed completely around 1999.
Pioneer bought the line and its Evansville shops in 2000 from the Evansville Terminal Railway.
The dates back to 1882 as part of the Evansville and Peoria Railroad, which then became part of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway through a series of purchases. The PD&E became part of Illinois Central in 1900. The ISW is currently the only remaining in-service segment of the PD&E south of Mattoon, Illinois.
External links
* [http://www.thepde.info/ History of the PD&E, original owner of the line]
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