Editing Seymour, Indiana (section)

==== Railroads ====
[[File:Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse in Seymour, southern side.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse]] in Seymour is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Indiana|National Register of Historic Places]].]]

The [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] succeeded the Jeffersonville Railroad (built northward). A [[Chessie System]] caboose sits in front of the Blish Mill grain tower.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seymour IN Railfan Guide|url=https://railfanguides.us/in/seymour/index.htm|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=railfanguides.us}}</ref>

The Ohio and Mississippi Railway, built westward, was acquired by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]] in 1893.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Young|first=Edward|date=April 2015|title=The B&O in Seymour, Indiana|url=https://borhs.org/magazine/unprotected/esentinellow20151Q.pdf|journal=The Sentinel, A Quarterly Magazine Published by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society|volume=37}}</ref> It has been operated by [[CSX Corporation|CSX]] since 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.borail.org/about/history/|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=B&O Railroad Museum|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Evansville & Richmond Railroad (after 1910 the ''Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railroad (CTH&SE)'', or "the Milwaukee") was built eastward toward Richmond, reached Seymour in 1890, and connected with New York Central in Westport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bedford to Seymour, IN – Abandoned Rails|url=https://www.abandonedrails.com/bedford-to-seymour|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=www.abandonedrails.com}}</ref> Trackage east of Seymour was "cut off" in 1961, and operations to [[Bedford, Indiana|Bedford]] closed in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Milwaukee Road in Southern Indiana–Abandoned Rails |url=https://www.abandonedrails.com/milwaukee-road-in-southern-indiana |access-date=December 19, 2021 |website=www.abandonedrails.com}}</ref>

The [[Indiana Railroad|Interstate Public Service]] interurban lines reached Seymour from [[Columbus, Indiana|Columbus]] in October 1907. Interstate merged into Midland United Company, leased to Indiana Railway, and all trains south of Seymour stopped running to Louisville in September 1939. Operations continued north of Seymour to Indianapolis until a collision on September 8, 1941, that wrecked "the majority of the line's [[rolling stock]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marlette|first=Jerry|title=Interstate Public Service—Your Neighborhood Interurban|url=https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/b6e6b1bb8d802f0de8fe4d7be4b9e161.pdf|url-status=|access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>