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Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Repurposed as a recreation rail-trail, in 1994, the vast Baltimore & Ohio railroad system originally radiated out of Indianapolis and served as a freight-passenger connection to the east. It specialized… Read More »Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Belt Line Railroad

Completed in 1878, the Belt Line Railroad over many decades has served as a supplemental track facility for other railroads providing freight service to Indianapolis. Most of its 14-mile trackage… Read More »Belt Line Railroad

Canal And White River State Park

The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission selected the Canal and White River State Park area as one of Indianapolis’s cultural districts due to its deep-rooted history and numerous cultural institutions in… Read More »Canal And White River State Park

Central Canal

The Central Canal, a fragment of which still runs from Broad Ripple to downtown Indianapolis, once promised to place Indianapolis at the center of a statewide transportation network. In the… Read More »Central Canal

HCS Motor Car Company

Automotive pioneer Harry C. Stutz and business partner Henry Campbell formed the HCS Motor Car Company in 1919. The two men constructed a new building for this new venture at… Read More »HCS Motor Car Company

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad that served Indianapolis is a composite of several short coal roads extending from southeastern Illinois through southwestern Indiana to Indianapolis. Completed to Indianapolis in 1907,… Read More »Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

Indiana Transportation Museum

The Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM) is dedicated to Indiana’s transportation heritage, with a focus on railroads. It preserves, restores, operates, and interprets historic transportation equipment, including many examples of railroad… Read More »Indiana Transportation Museum

Indianapolis Traction Terminal

Hub of the statewide interurban (electric railway) system. When the Indianapolis Traction Terminal opened in 1904 it was reputed to be the largest traction terminal in the world. The introduction… Read More »Indianapolis Traction Terminal

Madison and Indianapolis Railroad

The Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (M&I) was the first operable steam railroad completed in Indiana and one of the first west of the Allegheny Mountains. Construction began under the auspices… Read More »Madison and Indianapolis Railroad

Michigan Road

Early in the state’s history, the Michigan Road linked the Ohio River to Lake Michigan. Using federal funds earmarked for transportation improvements, Indiana in the 1820s embarked on a program… Read More »Michigan Road