| 词条 | Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad |
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| railroad_name = Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad | logo_filename = | logo_size = | system_map = | map_caption = | map_size = | marks = CAS | image = Chicago, Attica and Southern.JPG | image_size = 300px | image_caption = CA&S engine 334 in 1931 | locale = Northwestern and west central Indiana | start_year = 1922 | end_year = 1946 | predecessor_line = Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway | successor_line = | gauge = | length = | hq_city = Attica, Indiana }} The Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad {{reporting mark|CAS}}, nicknamed the "Dolly Varden Line", was a railroad linking small towns in west central and northwestern Indiana to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway (C&EI) near Momence, Illinois (where traffic continued on to Chicago). Never financially strong, the CA&S nevertheless continued operating through World War II before abandonment. HistoryIn the 1880s the Chicago and Great Southern Railway (C&GS) completed a rail line from the Indiana community of Fair Oaks (where it joined the Monon Railroad) south to the city of Brazil. Primarily a coal hauler, the C&GS later reorganized as the Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway (C&IC) and extended the line further north to La Crosse and Wilders in order to form connections with other railroads. The management of the C&IC "Coal Road" became intertwined with that of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and a connection was built between the two that ran from Percy Junction north of Goodland (on the C&IC) northwest to Momence, Illinois (on the C&EI). By 1894 the Chicago and Eastern Illinois had absorbed the smaller C&IC. In 1913 the C&EI went bankrupt. As part of its reorganization over the next several years, it cut free the old "Coal Road" which in turn organized itself into the Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad, selling to other railroads some of its more valuable lines for cash. The CA&S struggled through the 1920s and found itself bankrupt in 1931. It never left receivership or turned a profit again, and began to abandon its track in increments over the next fifteen years. The CA&S abandoned its connection to the C&EI in 1943, shut down operations in September 1946, and was completely abandoned shortly thereafter.[1] CommunitiesAt its height, the Chicago, Attica and Southern served the following communities, from north to south:[2]
GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite book|last=Elmer G.|first=Sulzer|title=Ghost Railroads of Indiana|year=1970|publisher=Jones and Co.|location=Indianapolis}} 2. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/IN/state.htm| title = Indiana Map Addendum 1895| accessdate = 2008-11-13| last = Rietsch| first = Pam| work = The New 11 x 14 Atlas of the World (1895)| publisher = Rand McNally}} External links{{commonscat|Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad}}
1 : Defunct Indiana railroads |
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