Indiana Boxcar Corporation
Encyclopedia
The Indiana Boxcar Corporation (IBC), based in Connersville, Indiana
, United States
, provides services such as locomotive
leasing to the rail industry. It also owns several short-line railroads which operate lines under contract for their owners:
Connersville, Indiana
At the 2000 census, there were 15,411 people, 6,382 households and 4,135 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,894.5 per square mile . There were 6,974 housing units at an average density of 857.3 per square mile...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, provides services such as locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
leasing to the rail industry. It also owns several short-line railroads which operate lines under contract for their owners:
- Chesapeake and Indiana RailroadChesapeake and Indiana RailroadThe Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating of rail line in northwestern Indiana. From the town of La Crosse, lines run northwest to the Porter County town of Malden, southeast to the Starke County towns of English Lake and North Judson, and northeast through...
under contract for the town of North Judson, IndianaNorth Judson, IndianaNorth Judson is a town in Wayne Township, Starke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,675 at the 2000 census. The town owns and is the headquarters of the Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad.-History:...
(2004–present) - Ohi-Rail CorporationOhi-Rail CorporationThe Ohi-Rail Corporation is a railroad company that operates out of Youngstown area. The line begins in Minerva and ends in Hopedale. There are two branches on the line. The interchanges with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. The...
(managed by IBC, 2006–present) - Tishomingo Railroad under contract for the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development (jointly owned with Vintage Locomotives, Inc., 2006–2009)
- Vermilion Valley Railroad under contract for the FNG Logistics Company (2003–present)
- Youngstown and Southeastern RailroadYoungstown and Southeastern RailroadThe Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad is a short-line railroad subsidiary of the Indiana Boxcar Corporation that operates freight trains between Youngstown, Ohio and Darlington, Pennsylvania, United States...
under contract for the Eastern States Railroad (2006–present) - Evansville Terminal Company (1997–2000)