Kentucky & Indiana Terminal

Company History: The K&IT was formed in 1900 by the B&O, Monon and Southern Railway to purchase the assets of the bankrupt Kentucky & Indiana Bridge Company. Until the 1910 name change, the operation was called Kentucky & Indiana Bridge & Railroad Company. The purpose of the line was to bridge the Ohio River and be a neutral provider of terminal and switching services in Louisville, Kentucky. The Indiana end of the bridge is the town of New Albany. K&IT’s all-time diesel roster included: four VO1000’s; two DS4-4-1000’s; ten H10-44’s; seven H12-44’s; and sixteen SW1500’s. After 1973, the entire active roster was made up of the SW1500’s. The K&IT was absorbed by Southern Railway on the last day of 1981.

Successor/Parent History: The Southern Railway (reporting mark SOU) (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a US class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894.

At the end of 1970 Southern operated 6,026 miles (9,698 km) of railroad, not including its Class I subsidiaries AGS (528 miles or 850 km) CofG (1729 miles) S&A (167 miles) CNOTP (415 miles) GS&F (454 miles) and twelve Class II subsidiaries. That year Southern itself reported 26111 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 110 million passenger-miles; AGS reported 3854 and 11, CofG 3595 and 17, S&A 140 and 0, CNO&TP 4906 and 0.3, and GS&F 1431 and 0.3

The railroad joined forces with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1982 to form the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The Norfolk Southern Corporation was created in response to the creation of the CSX Corporation (its rail system was later transformed to CSX Transportation in 1986). The Southern Railway was renamed Norfolk Southern Railway in 1990 and continued under that name ever since. Seven years later in 1997 the railroad absorbed the Norfolk and Western Railway, ending the Norfolk and Western's existence as an independent railroad.

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