Pioneer Railroad of the Northwest

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PIONEER RAILROAD
OF THE NORTHWEST

History of the
Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad

By Phil Anderson
Originally written as a high school English paper in 1954 and revised in 2004.
All photos by the author except as indicated.

Table of Contents

The Pennsylvania Railroad utilized class J-1a 2-10-4 locomotives to pull freight trains between Indianapolis and Louisville before diesel electric locomotives replaced them. Northbound symbol freight LC-11 at Columbus pulled by Engine 6481 is receiving a clearance, a Form “K” for the Brook block limit station, and Form “19” train orders from Operator Muriel Imel on a summer’s day in 1953.

Pioneer Railroad of the Northwest was published in August 2005 by the Jefferson County Historical Society, 615 W. First Street, Madison, IN 47250, whose web site is www.jcohs.org.

The spiral-bound published version includes 27 photographs and other illustrations from the Society’s collection, in addition to those on this web site. Copies are for sale for $10 each, plus $5 postage and handling.

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Table of Contents
	Acknowledgements
1.	Introduction
2.	Building the Madison Railroad to Indianapolis
3.	The Glory Years of the Madison Railroad
4.	Building the Jeffersonville Railroad
5.	The Railroads Go to War
6.	Locomotives on the Madison Hill
7.	The Marshfield Robbery
8.	Train Wrecks
9.	The Pennsylvania Years
	Appendix Report of Proposed Route for a Railroad from Madison to Indianapolis, 1835 Report of Proposed Route for a Railroad from Columbus to Jeffersonville, 1835 Technical Data for Madison Hill Locomotives, 1847 to 1954 Instructions for Madison Hill Steam Locomotives, 1952 Time Schedules of Trains in 1887, 1937, and 1952 Stations and Speeds in 1952 Train Movement Control Using Manual Block System
	Bibliography
	About the Author

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