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IPS car 150, signed as the Dixie Flyer, newly delivered in 1921 for improved express service between Indianapolis and Louisville |
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| Other names | Louisville Line
Seymour Line |
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| Locale | Indiana, Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Type | Interurban |
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| System | Indiana Railroad (1931–1941) |
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| Opened | January 1, 1900 (1900-01-01) |
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| Completed | 1908 (1908) |
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| Closed | September 8, 1941 (1941-09-08) |
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| Line length | 116.8 mi (188.0 km) |
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| Character | private right of way and street running with a short segment shared with a steam railroad |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Electrification | 600 V DC
1,200 V DC section (until 1921) |
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0.0
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Indianapolis Traction Terminal
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Beech Grove Traction Company
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4.0
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Perry
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4.5
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Stop 2
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4.7
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Stop 3
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5.0
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Stop 4, Heights Siding
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5.3
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Stop 5
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6.0
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Stop 6
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6.5
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Stop 7, Edgewood
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7.0
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Stop 8
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7.5
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Stop 9
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8.0
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Southport
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8.5
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Stop 10
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9.1
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Stop 11
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9.5
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Stop 12, Saylor Siding
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10.1
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Stop 13
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10.6
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Stop 14
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11.1
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Stop 15
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11.7
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Greenwood
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12.5
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Stop 17
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13.1
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Stop 18
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13.6
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Stop 19
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14.2
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Stop 20, Miller Siding
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14.7
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Stop 21
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15.2
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Stop 22
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16.3
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Whiteland
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16.8
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Stop 23
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17.3
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Stop 24
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17.6
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Stop 25
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17.9
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Stop 25½
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18.4
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Stop 26
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18.7
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Oliver, Stop 27
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19.1
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Stop 28
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19.5
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Stop 29
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20.2
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Stop 30
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20.5
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Story Siding
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21.4
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Franklin
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22.0
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Stock Siding
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23.4
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Stop 33, Hamilton Siding
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24.1
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Stop 34
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25.2
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Stop 35
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25.7
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Stop 35½, Barrow Siding
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25.8
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Stop 36
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26.3
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Amity
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26.8
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Stop 37
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27.0
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Stop 37½, Ross Siding
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27.7
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Stop 38
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27.9
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Stop 38½
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28.5
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Stop 39, Adams Siding
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29.6
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Stop 40, Durham Road
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30.6
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Stop 41
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31.5
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Stop 42, Irwin Siding
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31.8
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Edinburgh
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32.5
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Stop 43, Elk Siding
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33.5
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Stop 44
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33.9
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King Siding
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34.5
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Stop 45
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35.6
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Stop 46
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36.1
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Taylorsville
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37.1
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Stop 47
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37.6
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Stop 48
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38.1
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Stop 49
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38.6
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Stop 50, Perry Siding
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39.1
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Stop 51
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39.7
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Lowell - Stop 52
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40.4
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Corn Brook Siding
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Washington & 10th Streets
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42.9
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Columbus (Washington & 3rd Sts)
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43.9
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Beatty
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46.1
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Stop 53
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46.6
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Stop 54, Troy Siding
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48.1
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Stop 56
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48.7
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Stop 57, Newsom Siding
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49.2
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Mineral Spring
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50.2
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Stop 58
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50.8
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Stop 59, Morris Siding
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51.8
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Azalia
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52.3
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Stop 61
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53.3
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Gravel Pit - Stop 62
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54.4
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Stop 63
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55.3
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Stop 64, Gibbons Siding
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55.8
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Stop 65
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56.6
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Reddington
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57.4
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Stop 66
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57.9
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Stop 66½
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58.5
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Stop 67
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59.8
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Stop 68
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60.3
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Stop 69
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60.6
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Tople
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62.0
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Seymour
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63.4
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Stop 72
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64.3
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Stop 73
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64.8
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Farmington
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66.1
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Stop 74
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66.2
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Stop 75
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Stop 76
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67.4
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Chestnut Ridge
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69.0
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Dudley
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70.5
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Langdon
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72.2
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Retreat
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73.0
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Stop 79
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74.1
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Crothersville
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75.9
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Jersey
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76.3
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Stop 81
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77.1
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Stop 82
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77.8
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Stop 83, Canning Factory
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78.3
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Austin
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78.5
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Stop 84
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78.7
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Stop 85
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80.5
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Marshfield
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81.8
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Car Barn
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82.6
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Scottsburg
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83.0
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Stop 87
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83.8
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Stop 88
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84.2
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Stop 89
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85.2
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Vienna
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86.2
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Stop 90
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87.2
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Stop 91
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87.7
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Stop 93
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88.2
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Underwood
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88.6
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Stop 94
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89.3
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Stop 95
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90.6
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Statten
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91.6
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Stop 96
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92.8
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Henryville
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94.2
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Stop 97
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95.2
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Caney
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96.1
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Stop 100
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96.8
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Memphis
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97.8
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Stop 101
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98.5
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Stop 102
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99.2
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Stop 103
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99.6
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Perry
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100.2
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Stop 104
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101.9
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Speeds
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102.4
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Stop 106
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102.9
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Sellersburg
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103.6
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Underway
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103.9
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Belknap
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104.7
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Silver Creek
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105.2
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Straw Mills
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105.9
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Beechwood
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106.8
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Charlestown Road
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Charlestown
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107.7
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The Pines
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108.1
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Pine Wood
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108.5
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Locust Valley
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109.3
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Holman
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Hartiage
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Dunlevy
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110.1
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Morrison
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110.3
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Snyder
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110.5
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Thyle
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111.0
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Walnut Lane
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111.4
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Reeds Siding
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111.8
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Plank Road
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112.0
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Main Street, Jefferson
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112.5
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Water Works Siding
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New Albany
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Jefferson
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Main
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Prospect Line
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Market
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Jefferson
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Walnut
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Shelby
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Hancock
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Preston
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2nd Street
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116.8
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Louisville Terminal
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Interstate Public Service was an interurban railway in Indiana. The main line was the first interurban to enter Indianapolis, and it would eventually reach Louisville, Kentucky via the Big Four Bridge. Branches ran to New Albany and Charlestown. The line would outlast all other Indiana Railroad services, but was truncated to run as far south as Seymour in 1939 before being discontinued outright in 1941.