The Indian Creek Railroad (reporting mark ICRK) is a short-line railroad in Madison County, Indiana, United States. The 4.55-mile (7.32 km) line is owned by Rydman & Fox, an agricultural products and services company, and connects their property at 40°11′30″N 85°44′40″W / 40.19167°N 85.74444°W / 40.19167; -85.74444 with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Marion Branch in northern Anderson, carrying outbound grain and inbound fertilizer.
The company's sole locomotive is an Alco RS-11 diesel numbered 6002, delivered new to the Southern Pacific Company in May 1959. The Indian Creek Railroad acquired it in 1982 and rebuilt it in 1996.
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