Not a problem, and with Ed's help we filled in all the blanks. Was the Indy one over the White River by the GM plant? If so, that was probably the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company. I know there was a road bridge just West of it too. Lot's of abandoned lines in Indiana, many with bridges still intact, including more in Indy. Glad to help and congratulations on making the main page news with the milestone.
You guys are all over it on this railroad stuff! I searched for information on one in Indianapolis and about pulled my hair out doing so!
Thanks James! I figured you would know the "skinny" on this little span. I found it by sheer accident on my way to the Pugh Ford Bridge. Not sure of the date on it, but with cut stone abutments it's obvious an earlier span was there.
Oh this is fun! I've been gathering up information for years and now I have a place to save it. This site is a pleasure to use.
Actually the Columbus & Shelbyville was a part of a line that had its primary function as a bypass route for traffic to and from Louisville and the east coast. The yards in Indianapolis were a bottle-neck in the PRR system and so they took that traffic and sent it east through Shelbyville and Rushville to the main east/west line at Dublin. The Hawthorne Yard in Indy eased traffic problems through Indy starting in about 1912 but it had a lot of traffic in WWII carrying traffic for Camp Atterbury. That was the last time it was really busy. The connection at Dublin was abandoned in the 1950's and grain was likely the only freight after that.