RB1FAQ Maps of Electric Railways
http://indiana.railfan.net/maps.html http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=3322http://members.aol.com/metrafan/maptinin.html http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/INCORP/interurbanrail/map.htmlhttp://images4.indianahistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dc007&CISOPTR=88&REC=17 updated link May 18th 2009
http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dc007&CISOPTR=88&CISOBOX=1&REC=1http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/txu-oclc-6445490-electric_railway-anderson-1913.jpgLess than a 100 years ago, before the existance of paved roads, most of the communities in Indiana were connected together by a network of Electric Railways. Though these cars ran on rails, people didn't call them trains. They were owned and operated by Traction Companies. People called them Interurbans.
-- Union Traction Co. of Indiana (UTC)
acquired Muncie & Portland Traction Co. (M&PT)
served the communities of Indianapolis, Broad Ripple, Home Place, Carmel, Noblesville, Cicero, Atlanta, Tipton, Kokomo, Galveston, Walton, and Logansport (entering at Kienly Island); Kokomo, Bunker Hill, and Peru.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Lawrence, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Oaklanden, Fortville, Pendleton, Anderson, Alexandria, Elwood, and Tipton; Alexandria, Summitville, Fairmont, Jonesboro, Gas City, Marion, La Fontaine, and Wabash; Anderson and Middleton; Anderson, Daleville, and Muncie.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Brookside Park, Mt Comfort, New Castle, Springport, Muncie, Riverview Park, Albany, Dunkirk, Redkey, and Portland; Muncie, Eaton, Hartford City, Montpelier, and Blufton.
-- Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co. (THI&E)
served the communities of Indianapolis, Mooresville, and Martinsville.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Plainfield,
Cartersburg, Amo, Coatesville, Greencastle, Brazil, Terre Haute and Sullivan; Terre Haute and Paris, IL; Terre Haute and Clinton.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Avon, and Danville.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Clermont, Brownsburg, Pittsboro and Crawfordsville.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Zionsville, Whitestown, Lebanon, Frankfort, Mulberry, Dayton, and Lafayette; Lebanon and Crawfordsville.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Cumberland, Greenfield, Knightstown, Dunreith, and Richmond; Dunreith and New Castle.
-- Indiana Service Corp. (ISC)
formerly Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. (FW&WB)
served the communities of Ft Wayne and Decatur.
served the communities of Ft Wayne, Kingsland, and Bluffton.
acquired Marion & Bluffton Traction Co. (M&B)
served the communities of Bluffton, Warren, Van Buren, and Marion.
served the communities of Ft Wayne, Garrett and Kendallville; Garrett and Waterloo.
served the communities of Ft Wayne, Huntington, Andrews, Wabash, Peru, Logansport, Delphi, and Lafayette.
-- Northern Indiana Power Co. (NIP)
formerly Indiana Railways & Light Co. (IR&L)
formerly Kokomo Marion & Western Traction Co.
formerly Kokomo Frankfort & Western Traction Co.
served the communities of Marion, Swayzee, Greentown, Kokomo, Russiaville, Michigantown, and Frankfort.
-- Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co. (I&C)
served the communities of Indianapolis, Julietta, New Palestine, Morristown, Gwynnville, and Connersville
served the communities of Indianapolis, Wanamaker, Fairland, Shelbyville, and Rushville.
-- Winona Railroad Co. (yes, it was an electric railway)
served the communities of Peru, Chili, Akron, Meritone, Warsaw, Milford, and Goshen.
-- Interstate Public Service Co.
served the communities of Indianapolis, Fountain Square, Garfield Park, Southport, Greenwood, Franklin, Amity, Edinburgh, Columbus, Azalia, Reddington, Seymour, Crothersville, Scottsburg, Speed and Jeffersonville.
