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Central Indiana & Western Railroad

Central Indiana & Western Railroad

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The Central Indiana & Western Railroad (reporting mark CEIW) is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX line near the city of Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminating at Lapel near the western border of the county.[1]

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About three miles of operation are on CSX.[2] The line was formerly part of the Central Indiana Railway, which had been jointly owned by the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad.

The primary traffic is glass-making materials and cullet shipped from South Anderson Yard to Lapel. Some grain traffic generated in Lapel is shipped to South Anderson.

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  1. [1]
    "Central Indiana and Western Railroad Profile". Trains Newsletter. Kalmbach Media. January 26, 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  2. [2]
    Conner, MIchael (February 2023). "THREE GENERATIONS of railroading". Trains. Kalmbach Media. pp. 16–21.
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