Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad

Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
Overview
Founders
LocaleSouthwest Indiana
Dates of operation1853 (1853)1877 (1877)
SuccessorChicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company (E&CR) was Evansville, Indiana's first railroad company. It had a 160 miles (260 km) long railway that connected those two places. It was renamed Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad in 1877. It went on to be consolidated with other railroads of the region into the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad.