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Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad Company

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This line was developed after roads and canals were becoming too slow to transport harvests. Originally known as the Lawrenceburg & Indianapolis Railroad, which was chartered in 1832, the line became the Lawrenceburg & Upper Mississippi Railroad in 1850. The line became the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, & Lafayette Railroad on December 1, 1853, and was reorganized and purchased as Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad in 1871 to 1873.

In 1880 , the line was merged to become Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, & Chicago Railroad, and was merged again in June of 1889 to become the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad.

On February 1, 1930, the line was leased to the New York Central Railroad, which was merged with Pennsylvania Railroad on February 1, 1968.

We are currently offering the following pieces from the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad Company:





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