| New Jersey Indiana & Illinois Railroad 3495 at Bement, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1986, Kodachrome by Edward M. DeRouin, Chuck Zeiler collection. The NJI&I was originally created by the Singer Sewing Machine Company in order to transport their products from South Bend, IN, to a connection with the Wabash Railroad in Pine, Indiana. The name is derived from the three states Singer had plants in at the time of charter. The railroad was eventually taken over by the Wabash and operated through the Norfolk and Western takeover. |