Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
The Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad is a former railroad which operated in the states of Illinois and Indiana during the early 20th century. The CI&S formed in 1906 from the consolidation of the two other railroads: the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad and the Indiana [Harbor Railroad]. The new railroad also owned the capital stock of the Danville and [Indiana Harbor Railroad]. The stock of the new company itself was wholly owned by the Lake [Shore and Michigan Southern Railway] and the Michigan Central Railroad, both of which were part of the New York Central system. A 1907 report called the CI&S a "tributary to the Lake Shore." The railroad operated two lines: a north–south line between Indiana Harbor and Danville, Illinois, and a line from the Spring Valley coalfields at Seatonville, Illinois, to South Bend, Indiana. Together the two lines controlled of track. In 1914 the CI&S was one of several railroads consolidated to form the modern New York Central Railroad.