Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana

by David E. Longest

Book Overview

Did you know that Greene County in Indiana has one of the longest land-crossing railroad trestles in the Midwest?

Are you aware that the Southern Railway once used half of the railroad tunnels in the state? Indiana's first railroad, built in Shelbyville, was only a mile long, but in 1847, completion of a major steam railroad from Madison to Indianapolis made the state's capital a center of transportation. Unlike canals, railroads could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738539589
• ISBN13: 9780738539584
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"