Doesn't matter if its cloudy, these almost glow in the dark. Squaw Creek Southern Railroad No. 11, an EMD SD38-2 on January 26, 2008.
(Nate Beal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
SQUAW CREEK SOUTHERN RAILROAD
The Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (reporting mark SCS) is a Class III railroad subsidiary of Respondek Railroad operating in the southern portion of the State of Indiana. Originally, the Squaw Creek Southern started operating 21 miles of former Yankeetown Dock Corporation/Peabody Coal trackage owned by Norfolk Southern, but has since started servicing Foresight Energy's Sitran Coal Terminal near Evansville, Indiana and SABIC's Innovative Plastics plant in Mount Vernon, Indiana.
History
In 2003, Norfolk Southern bought 21.6 miles of former Peabody Coal Company/Yankeetown Dock Corporation (AMAX Coal) trackage and spurs from Lynnville, Indiana, to Yankeetown Indiana. In 2007, the Squaw Creek Southern acquired trackage rights from Norfolk Southern from 0.0 BY (Yankeetown) and 21.6 BY (Lynnville Mine), and since then, has done the loading at Alcoa's Liberty Mine north of Boonville, and unloading at Alcoa's Warrick Operations, as well as Yankeetown Docks.
Squaw Creek Southern No. 20 and No. 21.
(Wccrupper, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Former Units
- RRC 8795; EMD SD40T-2; Former Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Sold to Wheeling And Lake Erie Railway and continues to operate as WE 5411.
- RRC 204 EMD SD9 Former Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway and CofG No. 204 Scrapped in March 2020.
Overview
Headquarters: Newburgh, IN
Reporting mark: SCS, RRC
Locale: Southern Indiana
Dates of operation: 2007–present
Technical
Track gauge: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length: 21.6 miles (34.8 km)
Other
Website: scsrailroad.com
