Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad

The 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad ran south from Sidell to West Liberty, Illinois[1] and existed in the late 19th century.

The original proposal for the railroad was for a 243-mile (391 km) route from Danville through Hume to the Ohio River.

The north–south railroad was known by the following official and unofficial names: As the roadbed decayed, the line carried freight at just nine and a half miles per hour (15.3 km/h).

However, when that company's successor, the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway, went bankrupt, the line was resold in 1898 to the Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, a predecessor of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad (acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1927).

George H. Culp of Montezuma, Indiana, wrote a poem, entitled "The Old Road Passes", which describes the "Old Dog River line."