| Dubois County Railroad | |
|---|---|
| Reporting marks | DCRR |
| Locale | southern Indiana |
| Dates of operation | ?–present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | French Lick, Indiana |
The Dubois County Railroad (AAR reporting marks DCRR) is a Class III short-line railroad serving Dubois County in southern Indiana, United States, and is a for-profit subsidiary of the Indiana Railway Museum. A reporting mark is an identification assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR to rail carriers and other companies operating in North America. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to The standard gauge (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or Normal gauge) is a widely-used Rail gauge. French Lick is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana, United States. A reporting mark is an identification assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR to rail carriers and other companies operating in North America. A Class III railroad, as defined by the Surface Transportation Board, is a railroad with an annual operating Revenue of less than $20 million ( 1991 dollars Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the popular Board game Monopoly, probably named after the Shore Fast Line, an Interurban streetcar Dubois County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The Indiana Railway Museum in French Lick Indiana is a railroad museum dedicated to preserving and displaying artifacts related to the history of Railroads
The railroad branches off a Norfolk Southern line in Huntingburg and heads north to the county seat of Jasper, then stretches northeast to the town of Dubois. This article is about the present railroad formed in 1990 For the former regional railroad in Virginia and North Carolina a small part of the new one see Norfolk Southern Huntingburg is a city in Dubois County, Indiana, United States. Jasper is a city in Dubois County, Indiana, United States. The population was 12100 at the 2000 census Dubois County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. Beyond Dubois the tracks are owned and operated by the Indiana Railway Museum as a heritage railroad. A heritage railway ( United Kingdom) preserved railway ( United Kingdom) or tourist railroad ( United States and Canada) is a The total length of the Dubois County Railroad is approximately 16 miles.
Freight hauled on the line consists mainly of soybean meal and petroleum products.
External links
- Dubois County Railroad
- Indiana Railway Museum
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Freight Railroads Operating in Indiana by Class: 2000
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