TheChicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad (reporting markCI&S) is a former railroad which operated in the states ofIllinois andIndiana during the early 20th century. The CI&S formed in 1906 from the consolidation of the two other railroads: theIndiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad and theIndiana Harbor Railroad. The new railroad also owned thecapital stock of theDanville and Indiana Harbor Railroad. The stock of the new company itself was wholly owned by theLake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and theMichigan Central Railroad, both of which were part of theNew York Central system. A 1907 report called the CI&S a "tributary to the Lake Shore."[1] The railroad operated two lines: a north–south line between Indiana Harbor (East Chicago, Indiana) andDanville, Illinois, and a line from theSpring Valleycoalfields atSeatonville, Illinois, toSouth Bend, Indiana. Together the two lines controlled 301 miles (484 km) of track.[2] In 1914 the CI&S was one of several railroads consolidated to form the modernNew York Central Railroad.[3]
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