the line between metamora and connersville was sold to the non-profit whitewater valley railroad in 1984, although freight operation from brookville to valley junction was taken over in 1979 by the indiana and ohio railway. freight service was abandoned on the whitewater line between brookville and connersville in 1974. the portion of the remaining nyc branch between connersville and beeson's station was sold to indiana hi-rail corporation in 1981.