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George Lortz

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IB&W Question
« on: October 03, 2016, 10:31:05 pm »
I found this photo recently on the Internet and wondered what was the story about the Indianapolis Bloomington & Western.  The attached photo of IB&W #64 had no caption with it, but made some reference to the NYC.

Anyone know some history about the IB&W?

George L.

Mike Aufderheide

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Re: IB&W Question
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2016, 11:19:04 am »
George,

Here is the Wikipedia page for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana,_Bloomington_and_Western_Railway

Looks like the P&E through Crawfordsville as well as the Big 4 from Indy east into Ohio.
Seems like the 1880s was the big time for mergers.

Mike