The line was completed in 1869 by the
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Danville Railroad, and later became part of the
Pekin-
Indianapolis line of the
Peoria and Eastern Railway, a
New York Central Railroad subsidiary. Successor
Conrail abandoned the portion between
Olin and
Crawfordsville by 1985, and in 1999 the remaining pieces were conveyed to
New York Central Lines LLC for operation by CSX. CSX filed with the
Surface Transportation Board for abandonment between Danville and Olin in 2001, since there had been no traffic for the past three years.
Flex-N-Gate Corporation is an Illinois-based auto parts manufacturer that has submitted an offer of financial assistance and bought the line through newly created FNG Logistics Corporation in December 2002. The Vermilion Valley Railroad began operating the line in April 2003. After being run by
Indiana Boxcar Corporation until 2019 and
Midwest and Bluegrass until 2023, VVRR operations have transitioned to Gulf & Atlantic Railways. == Locomotive roster==