country. From here, south through Bedford and Mitchell, quarries of fine Indiana Limestone exist. Adams Ellettsville, tracks end here from Bloomington Bloomington, home of Indiana University Section #5 Bloomington to New Albany Bloomington, home of Indiana University. Tracks from south of the junction with INRD have been removed and converted into a trail within the Bloomington city limits. Clear Creek Harrodsburg Guthrie Murdock Bedford Tracks resume here. Mitchell Orleans is where the junction to Section Seven used to be. It headed southwest towards West Baden and French Lick Leipsic Campbellsburg Hitchcock Salem Farabee Pekin Borden New Albany Section #6 Wallace Jct. to Midland (coal fields): With the exception of a short stretch from Midland Junction to Vicksburg, this section has been completely abandoned and the tracks have been removed. Wallace Jct Cataract Jordan Patricksburg Clay City Howesville Midland, east entrance to the Indiana coal fields. The active mines are between Linton, Jasonville, and Sullivan. Vicksburg Victoria has disappeared as a community. Section #7 This section has been completely abandoned. Tracks remain only in French Lick and are used as an excursion route. French Lick to Cuzco. A portion of the original track in French Lick and West Baden (between the West Baden Hotel and the Indiana Railway Museum) has been altered and expanded for a trolley service serving various locations of the French Lick Resort and the museum. Orleans Paoli West Baden French Lick Mid-20th century passenger trains Thoroughbred, train 5 southbound / train 6 northbound, daily from Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station) to Louisville, Kentucky (Union Station), via Monon, Indiana and Lafayette, Indiana. Bluegrass, nos. 3/4, night train, with sleeping car service for the above Thoroughbred route. Tippecanoe, nos. 11/12, daily from Chicago to Indianapolis' Union Station, via Monon and Frankfort, Indiana. Hoosier, nos. 15/16, same route as the Tippecanoe. Nos. 49/48, 57/56, daily Michigan City, Indiana to Monon, Indiana service. The line today The remains of the line are operated by CSX Transportation. Large segments have been abandoned in recent years: most of the line from Monon southeast to Indianapolis, the line north from Monon to Michigan City, and the line segment between Cloverdale and Bedford (this segment was abandoned due largely to a washout). A portion of the French Lick branch is now home to a railroad museum, with part of the line wired for trolley service. Between Bedford and Mitchell, CSX owns the line but does not