Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
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The Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad was part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway system.
[edit] History
The Ohio and Indianapolis Railroad was chartered February 3, 1832 to build from Indianapolis, Indiana, south to the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana. The company was not organized until March 17, 1848, and on February 3, 1849 it was renamed the Jeffersonville Railroad.
On May 22, 1868, the Reno Gang held up the J.M. & I. Railroad train at Marshfield, Scott County, Indiana and escaped with $90,000 cash described as being in "new notes." The money was never officially recovered and in today's value, represented more than $2 million.
The first section, from Jeffersonville north to Vienna, opened by 1851. That year it leased the Shelbyville and Knightstown Railroad, starting to operate it in 1852. The line opened north to Columbus August 1852, and on September 1, 1852 it began operating the Rushville and Shelbyville Railroad under lease.
[edit] References
- Railroad History Database
- PRR Chronology
- Corporate Genealogy - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
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