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Table of Contents

   Page(s)
Maps

Ownership and abandonment date.( page 4); track-circuit block signals (page 61); principal towns served (page 201)

 

Index to places reached

Cities, towns and other passenger traffic generators (page 203); siding locations (in employee timetables) : Muncie-Anderson-Indianapolis Division (page 60); Northern Division (page 116); Other rail routes (page 209)

 
Acknowledgments 7
Prelude: an Eventful Trip

The situation of central Indiana utilities in 1929

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Chapter 1: A Solid Foundation

Companies comprising Indiana Railroad System:

Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company (page 19); Union Traction Company of Indiana (page 19); Northern Indiana Power Company (page 20); Indiana Service Corporation (page 20); Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern Traction Company (page 21); Indianapolis as an interurban center (page 21); The Shoepf-McGowan syndicate (page 22); Samuel Insull (page 24); Middle West Utilities Company (page 26); Competition by automobiles and motor buses (page 27)

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Chapter 2: Consolidating Indiana

Insull-Morgan plan: Indiana Electric Corporation (page 29); Midland United Company (page 29); Receivership of Union Traction (page 31); A different plan: a consolidated organization (page 31); Purchase of Union Traction by Midland United (page 34); Receivership of THI&E (page 34); Abandonment of portions of THI&E (page 35)

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Chapter 3: Out of Nowhere--Indiana Railroad

Creation of Indiana Railroad (page 37); Purchase of  THI&E by Midland United (page 37); Indianapolis Street Railway (page 39); Track and Roadway (p 40); Electric power (page 41); Passenger and freight terminals (page 42); Freight car interchange with steam railroads (page 47); Operation of freight trains (page 48); Freight car interchange with other interurbans (page 49); Freight train schedules (page 50); Kentucky Avenue freight terminal, Indianapolis (page 53); Potential for coal movements across the System (page 54); Signal systems (page 56)

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Chapter 4: The Highspeeds

Rolling stock on the System in 1930 (page 67); Design of the new “highspeed” cars (page 68); Highspeeds' delivery (page 70); Highspeeds in operation (page 72); Safety of train operations (page 76); peak route mileage (page 77)

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Chapter 5: The Roller Coaster

Rolling stock on the System in 1931 (page 79); Abandonments in 1931-1932 (page 79); Reduction in frequency of passenger service (page 83); Fuestel's death (page 83); Fall of Insull empire (page 86)

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Chapter 6: Politics and Bowman Elder

Indianapolis Railways (page 91); Reduced bus operations (page 91); Lower fares (page 92); Bowman Elder, receiver of Indiana Railroad (page 93); Indiana Railroad System in 1933-1934 (page 95); Formal leases for the Indiana Railroad System (page 97); Coal train operations (page 99); Change of Louisville terminal (page 101)

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Chapter 7: 1935-1936--The Good Years

Purchase of ten Northern Indiana Railway cars (page 104); Railway Post Office cars (page 105); Car fires (page 107); Conversion of older cars for one-man operation (page 108); Pick-up and delivery of freight (page 112); Expansion: Richmond-Dayton line (page 113) Was it the Inflexible Flyer? A difficult day on the Northern Division (page 115)

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Chapter 8: 1937--Strike!

Terre Haute streetcar strike (page 120); Ohio River flood (page 120); End of Northern Division passenger service (page 120); Andersen strike (page 122); Abandonment of Dayton line (page 124); Settlement of strike (page 125); Winter's Punch, Fighting the cold and snow of winter (page 127)

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Chapter 9: Rolling Downhill (1938-1940)

Railfan trips (page 131); Conversion of Peru rail line to buses (page 133); Charter passenger services (page 139); Abandonment of Louisville line (page 141); Conversion of Terre Haute rail line to buses (page 143); Expansion of intercity motor truck service (page 143)

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Chapter 10. Death Comes for the Railroad

Approval of conversion of the remaining lines (page 147); Attempts to sell the highspeeds (page 147); Arrangements for rail service abandonment (page 149); Arrival of replacement buses (page 151); The last day of rail passenger service (page 151); Closing down the rail line (page 153); The remaining trains of Public Service Company (page 154)

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Chapter 11. Aftermath

Emergence of Indiana Railroad from receivership (page 157); Sale of Indiana Railroad by Midland United (page 158); Public Service Company's lease problem (page 159); Columbus collision (page 160); End of rail passenger service (page 160)

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Chapter 12  The Motor Bus Era

Indiana Railroad Bus operations (page 163); Expand or sell: the only options (page 165); Indianapolis & Southeastern Trailways (page 168); Southeastern Trailways, Inc. (page 168)

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Chapter 13  City Service

Kokomo (page 171); Logansport, Wabash and Peru (page 172); Jeffersonville and Columbus (page 173); New Albany (page 174); Muncie (page 177); Anderson (page 179); Marion (page 182); Richmond (page 188); Terre Haute (page 190)

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Chapter 14 Isolated Freight Operations

The Binley Mine (page 195); Southern Indiana Railway, Inc. (page 197); Western Indiana Gravel Company (page 199); An abbreviated equipment roster (page 200)

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Appendix

A. Public Timetables (page 201)

B. Employee Timetables (page 208)

 
Bibliography 223

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