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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Fort Wayne,Indiana |
| Reporting mark | CFE |
| Locale | Indiana,Ohio |
| Dates of operation | 2004– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge |
| Length | 279 miles (449 km) |
| Operating speed | 40 mph (64 km/h)[1] |
| Other | |
| Website | https://www.gwrr.com/cfe/ |
TheChicago, Ft. Wayne & Eastern Railroad (reporting markCFE) is ashort line railroad offering service fromTolleston, Indiana toCrestline, Ohio, United States over the formerFort Wayne Line of thePennsylvania Railroad. Operations commenced in 2004 as a division of theCentral Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA), under the overall corporate ownership ofRailAmerica. CFE operates 279 miles (449 km) of rail leased fromCSX.[2][3]
Conrail acquired the line in 1976, and later sold some of it to theNorfolk Southern Railway to relieve that company's ex-Nickel Plate Road main line.CSX Transportation acquired the entire line in the 1999 breakup of Conrail, and began to make improvements, including new crossing signals, paving crossings, and weed-whacking the railroad. After this was complete, signs were posted at each crossing notifying motorists of an increase in train traffic.
In 2004, operations under the Chicago, Ft. Wayne & Eastern Railroad name began; from the beginning of operations, the railroad has been owned byRailAmerica.[4]In 2011, Joseph (Joe) Parsons, a former Norfolk Southern supervisor, was named General Manager of the Chicago, Fort Wayne, & Eastern Railroad, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On July 23, 2012,Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced that it intended to purchase RailAmerica in a deal valued at$1.39 billion.[5][6] Approval of the purchase was granted by the U.S.Surface Transportation Board on December 19, 2012,[7] and ownership of the Chicago, Ft. Wayne & Eastern was transferred to the G&W.
As of 2023, there are many interchanges in CFE:
BNSF (Chicago, Illinois);Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago);Canadian National (Chicago);CPKC (Chicago);Chicago Rail Link (Chicago);Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (Chicago);CSX (Crestline, Ohio andLima, Ohio);Gary Railway (Chicago);Iowa Interstate Railroad (Chicago);Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (Chicago);Indiana & Ohio Railway (Lima);Manufacturers' Junction Railway (Chicago);Norfolk Southern (Fort Wayne, Indiana and Lima);South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (Chicago);Union Pacific (Chicago);Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (Chicago).[3]
As of 2023, CFE owns 323 total miles, 184 inIndiana, and 139 inOhio andIllinois. CFE has a capacity of 286,000.[3]
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