Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Transportation

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CF&E Transportation, which stands for Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Transportation, is a railroad company that bought out the former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks from East Chicago, Indiana to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Contents 1 The Beginning 2 The Conrail Purchase 3 1998 4 1999 5 Today

[edit] The Beginning

In 1856, the Pennsylvania Railroad was built extending from Hobart, Indiana to Valparaiso, Indiana. The main principle of this railroad was to transport materials from Hobart to Valparaiso.

[edit] The Conrail Purchase

After the trains began to use other main rail lines as means of transportation, the tracks were abandoned, and later purchased by Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), a railroad company which purchases bankrupt railroads. Conrail later sold the railroad to Norfolk Southern.

[edit] 1998

In 1998, CSX purchased the railroad from Norfolk Southern and announced that construction would begin in 1999.

[edit] 1999

CSX began to make changes to the railroad in 1999. These changes included: new crossing signals, paving crossings, and weeding the railroad. After this was complete, signs were posted at each crossing notifying motorists of an increase in train traffic. Trains began rolling on the tracks again.

[edit] Today

CF&E now owns the railroad. However, it is rarely used. CF&E has permission to run as many as 10 trains per day, but only about 2 trains per week roll down the tracks.