Railroad Structures, Greene County Indiana

City	Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Bldg. Mat.	Current Railroad	Notes
Elliston	E & I (CCC & StL)	150 W, south of S.R. 54	Railroad combination depot		1884	gone	wood	none	E& I / Monon.
Elliston	Illinois Central	over abandoned E &I / Monon	Railroad bridge/trestle The triple crossing.	rr		in use	steel	Indiana Railroad	through plate girder trestle, single span, 2005 - - The overhead tracks are Indianapolis Southern. Tracks were Evansville & Southern/B & B Branch of the Monon. Originally included Bedford, Springville, Owensburg & Bloomfield; E, I & TH; Indianapolis Southern. Over the years the three lines have changed names several times, but these were the original builders. This railroad landmark has evolved many times over the years between 1876 & 1906; considered rar RR history
Elliston	B & B/Monon	None	Narrow gauge Bridge	None	1884				July 28, 1884, collapsed;
Elliston	B & B/Monon	None	Covered Bridge		1884				burnt down in 1937
Newberry	C & EI	South of town along S.R. 57	Railroad combination depot	storage		none	wood	none	In backyard, west side of road.
Linton	Monon		Depot						Monon (B & B), at one time, had trackage rights on the Illinois Central between Switz City and Linton
Near Ownesburg	B & B/Monon	near the Owensburg Tunnel	Viaduct						Replaced with a grade crossing.
Mineral	B & B/Monon		Depot
Owensburg	B & B/Monon	south side of State Road 58	Depotnbsp;	used as a residence
near Owensburg	B & B/Monon		Tunnel						Built at a cost of $108,563.00, the original tunnel length was 1,362'. The tunnel included 626 bents, spaced every 6'6". In 1886, 100' of the tunnel collapsed &was rebuilt, costing $4, 986.00. In 1894 the tunnel was rebuilt to accommodate standard gauge track. This rebuilding cost $27,000.00. An underground stream was the primary source of maintenance. In the early 1900's there were tunnel watch houses at both ends of the tunnel.
Rock Wood	B & B/Monon		Platform Only
Switz City			Depot						Southern Indiana provided all the station facilities - shared by the Illinois Central's Indianapolis & Pennsylvania's Vincennes, but Monon.
Switz City									Monon depot, The year is 1902. Shared by Indianapolis & Southern; Monon & staffed by both railroads & Adams American Express, located on Pennsylvania RR property
Switz City Turntable									absolute end of the line for the I & L, and B & B.
near Tulip	Indianapolis Southern (Ill. Central)	east of location over Richland Creek	Railroad bridge/trestle	rr	1906	in use	steel	Indiana Railroad	2,295' long, 157' high deck plate girder high trestle, Indiana's longest & highest railroad trestle
near Tulip		Rd 390N	Overpass	Closed	1935		Timber Stringer Bridge	Indiana
		S. Greene Co.Line Rd.	Bridge	Open	1935		Timber Stringer Bridge	Indiana
near Tulip		CR410	Under Pass	Open			Steel Stringer Bridge	Indiana
		Beech creek twp. over Richland Crek	Tressel/Viaduct		1906		Deck Girder	Indiana
		Lakewood Dr. Cr. 200 N			1940		Timber Stringer	Indiana
Johnstown	E, I & TH/Penn central	was over Eel River	truss bridge	Abandoned	1921
		CR750W	Bridge	Open	1935		Timber Stringer	Indiana
		CR250W	Bridge	Owpen	1935		Timber Stringer
		Cold Springas Rd.	Tunnel	Open				Indiana
Elliston	Illinois Central	Over White R.	Blfd Rail Bridge	Open			deck truss bridge	Indiana SOuthern
		CR750W	Bridge		1935		Timber Stringer	Indiana
Armstrong	B&B/Monon		Covered Bridge

B & B = Bedford & Bloomfield
E & I = Evansville & Indianapolis
E,I &TH =Evansville, Indianapolis & Terre Haute

Last updated 22.10.2009