 1918 map of the Central Indiana Railway | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | CEIW |
| Locale | east-central Indiana |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 7 miles (11 km) |
The Central Indiana & Western Railroad( reporting mark CEIW) is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX line near the city of Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminating at Lapel near the western border of the county. [1]
About three miles of operation are on CSX. [2] The line was formerly part of the Central Indiana Railway, which had been jointly owned by the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad.
The primary traffic is glass-making materials and shipped from South Anderson Yard to Lapel. In addition the CEIW built a track in Anderson at Recycled Polymer Solutions to handle tank cars for trans-loading. They also receive railcars with plastic for Recycled Polymer Solutions