Baltimore and Ohio Trail Repurposed as a recreation rail-trail, in 1994, the vast Baltimore & Ohio railroad system originally radiated out of Indianapolis and… 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… 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 due to… Read More »Canal and White River State Park
Central Canal The Central Canal, a fragment of which still runs from to downtown Indianapolis, once promised to place Indianapolis at the… Read More »Central Canal
Green Book Victor Hugo Green, Harlem, New York postal worker turned travel writer, published The Negro Motorist Green Book, also known as… Read More »Green Book
HCS Motor Car Company Automotive pioneer Harry C. Stutz and business partner Henry Campbell formed the HCS Motor Car Company in 1919. The two… 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… 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,… 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… 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… Read More »Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
