Railroad Name: | Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad |
Marks: | LNAC |
Length: | 7.7 miles |
Locale: | Harrison County, Indiana |
Start Year: | 1887 |
End Year: | 2006 |
Predecessor Line: | Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway |
Successor Line: | Lucas Oil Rail Line |
Gauge: | (standard gauge) |
Hq City: | Corydon, Indiana |
Railroad Name: | Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway |
Length: | 7.7 miles |
Locale: | Harrison County, Indiana |
Start Year: | 1881 |
End Year: | 1887 |
Successor Line: | Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad |
Gauge: | (standard gauge) |
The Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad was a short line railway that operated for over 100 years in Harrison County, Indiana between Corydon Junction and Corydon, a distance of 7.7 miles (12.39 km).[1] It was sold to its main customer, Lucas Oil, on May 25, 2006. The line is now known as Lucas Oil Rail Line.[2]
The LNAC was first established as the Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway in 1881, for the purpose of connecting Corydon to the main Louisville-St. Louis line of the then Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Railway (later acquired by the Southern Railway) that ran a few miles north of town. After construction was completed, the line was opened for business in 1883.[3] In 1887, the company was reorganized as the Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad, a name it kept under various owners for well over a century, until 2006.