The Kankakee, Beaverville, & Southern Railroad Company (reporting mark KBSR) is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana.
In December 1977, Conrail was set to abandon 25 miles of their ex-New York Central Railroad trackage between Kankakee and Sheldon, Illinois, when instead it was purchased by Beaverville businessman Fey Orr to service his lumber and agricultural products industry based there. Eighty miles of the bankrupt Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad's trackage from just north of Donovan and Danville were purchased in 1981. These two lines cross near Iroquois. The Norfolk Southern abandoned its ex-New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad trackage between Cheneyville, Illinois (north of Danville), Boswell, Indiana, and Lafayette, Indiana, which KBSR purchased in 1991. Several other abandonments occurred in the area by Class I railroads which the Kankakee, Beaverville were able to capitalize on. Currently, the KBSR operates about 155 miles of trackage in a vaguely triangular shape between Kankakee, Danville, and Lafayette, with numerous sidings.
Subject ID: 93730
MoreThe Kankakee, Beaverville, & Southern Railroad Company (reporting mark KBSR) is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana.
In December 1977, Conrail was set to abandon 25 miles of their ex-New York Central Railroad trackage between Kankakee and Sheldon, Illinois, when instead it was purchased by Beaverville businessman Fey Orr to service his lumber and agricultural products industry based there. Eighty miles of the bankrupt Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad's trackage from just north of Donovan and Danville were purchased in 1981. These two lines cross near Iroquois. The Norfolk Southern abandoned its ex-New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad trackage between Cheneyville, Illinois (north of Danville), Boswell, Indiana, and Lafayette, Indiana, which KBSR purchased in 1991. Several other abandonments occurred in the area by Class I railroads which the Kankakee, Beaverville were able to capitalize on. Currently, the KBSR operates about 155 miles of trackage in a vaguely triangular shape between Kankakee, Danville, and Lafayette, with numerous sidings.
Subject ID: 93730
Subject ID: 93730