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The '''Louisville and Indiana Railroad''' {{reporting mark|LIRC}} is a [[Class III railroad]] that operates freight service between [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] and [[Louisville, Kentucky]], with a major yard and maintenance shop in [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]]. It is owned by [[Anacostia Rail Holdings Company|Anacostia Rail Holdings]].
The 106-mile (171 km) line was purchased from [[Conrail]] in March 1994. Previously, it was owned by [[Penn Central]], and before that, the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]. It serves the cities of [[Franklin, Indiana|Franklin]], [[Sellersburg, Indiana|Sellersburg]], [[Seymour, Indiana|Seymour]] and [[Columbus, Indiana]], and also serves the former [[Clark Maritime Center]], now Port of Indiana, Jeffersonville. In Louisville, the LIRC interchanges with the [[Paducah and Louisville Railway]]
{{wide image|PortlandCanalEntrance.jpg|800px|Part of the [[Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)|Louisville and Indiana Railroad bridge]] (Fourteenth Street Bridge) at the east entrance to the Portland Canal in Louisville, Kentucky.|825px}}
[[File:Louisville & Indiana Railroad.jpg|thumb|Louisville & Indiana train entering [[Louisville, KY]] via the [[Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)|Louisville and Indiana Railroad bridge (Fourteenth Street Bridge)]]]]
The LIRC was briefly home to the [[Amtrak]] [[passenger train]] ''[[Kentucky Cardinal]]'', a failed attempt to capture express business from the [[United Parcel Service]] air hub in Louisville. Inconvenient departure and arrival times, coupled with jointed track which limited speeds to 30 mph (48 km/h), led to the train's demise in 2003. The former express facility is now run by [[A&R Transport]], which is a plastics transload facility. Plastics make up the majority of the online business with the railroad.
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