Bee Line Railroad

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Bee Line Railroad
Tab, Indiana - Railroad.png
North along the Bee Line at Tab
LocaleWest central Indiana
Dates of operation1994
Track gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Length10 miles
Headquarters Stewart, Indiana

The Bee Line Railroad is a short-line railroad operated by the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad, serving agricultural communities in northwestern Warren County and southwestern Benton County in Indiana, USA. It joins the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad about two miles east of Ambia in Benton County, from which point it heads south into Warren, passes through the town of Tab, and terminates just south of Stewart.

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