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the cambria & indiana railroad company
Welcome! This site is dedicated to preserving the history and memory of the Cambria and Indiana Railroad, a short line known primarily for hauling coal which operated in western Cambria and eastern Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.
The C&I had its humble beginnings as a lumber railroad heading north out of the tiny village of Rexis, PA, in southeastern Indiana County. In 1904, owner Vinton Lumber Company had the line incorporated as a common carrier, operating under the name Blacklick and Yellow Creek Railroad. A few years later, the line was purchased by Coleman and Weaver, who held mineral rights and coal interests in the area. In 1911, its name was changed to the Cambria and Indiana Railroad, reflecting the names of the counties it would serve.
Click on a link below to begin exploring this site.
Scans of timetables and other printed materials
Some stories of those who worked on the line
Click the above herald to hear a Hancock Air Whistle, which the C&I used on its diesel locomotives.
Here are some recent contributions to this site:
John Mori contributed the following two pictures. His great uncles are in the second photo:
Linda Rupe sent the below photo of the third annual company picnic. If you can identify any of the persons in it, please send her an e-mail.
Some notes:
10/19/02 - completed moving the C&I site to Trainweb.org!
Updates/revisions/additions:
09/09 - I'm going to try getting some aspects of this site cleaned up and get some new stuff on it. I'm done with grad school and can now call myself Dr. Lewis (hooray!). I'm teaching at a state college and now live in the middle of West Virginia (it's beautiful here in the summer).
11/06 - The plans for the new coke facility on the old Mine 33 site announced over two years ago have been shelved, at least until market conditions improve. :(
If you know stuff I don't know or have pictures I don't have, I will try to post them ASAP.
I donated my HO scale model railroad to the Alto Model Train Museum Association in Altoona, PA.
I used a Railroad Roman font on some of these pages, including where it says "The Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company" on this page. If you would like to have this font, search for "railroad roman" in your favorite search engine. The font can be found in several places on the web.
This is an "unofficial" site, constructed by a rail fan/model railroader... It is not endorsed or sponsored in any way by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, ISG, nor any of their subsidiaries.
Finally, very special thanks to those who have helped contribute to the content and quality of this site, especially Walt Cameron, Mark Anderson, Denise Dusza Weber, Don Brown, Keith Burkey, Roger Kirkpatrick.
2000-09 by David Lewis
