CSX (C&O) Trackage at La Crosse and Malden, IN 2000

 👍FACEBOOK US! https://www.facebook.com/HOTRAILPRODUCTIONS 🔵 TWEET US! https://twitter.com/CSXProductions 🟧OUR BLOGGER! https://csxman.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲: 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰 💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰 📸Canon EOS R5 https://geni.us/CanonEOR 📸Sony Alpha Mirrorless Camera! https://geni.us/Alpha6000bundle 📸DSLR Alternatives https://geni.us/DLSRAlternate 🌞Solar Charger! https://geni.us/nvGYL 🔋 Anker Portable Charger https://geni.us/UG42k 🔋 Battery Charger! https://geni.us/alphacharger 📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https://geni.us/PhoneCameraConver 💺Trackside Chairs! https://geni.us/Campchair =============================================================================== Like nearby North Judson, La Crosse, Indiana was once a very busy railroad junction. At one time, FIVE railroad lines intersected here. The C&O and Pennsylvania Railroad had Chicago-Cincinnati mainlines that ran side-by-side. A C&O branch line (ex-Pere Marquette), from New Buffalo, Michigan, came in from the north and joined the C&O main. The Monon's Michigan City branch crossed the PRR and C&O mains on the west side of town. If that wasn't enough, the Chicago Attica & Southern ran in a northeast direction and crossed everything! Modern times have brought drastic change to La Crosse. The Chicago Attica & Southern was abandoned after World War II. The Monon followed in 1981 and the PRR in 1984. The C&O was closed to through traffic west of here in 1977, and Amtrak's JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY and all freights were routed via the B&O to Wellsboro, Indiana, then south on the ex-Pere Marquette branch to join the C&O mainline here. This continued until 1986, when the line was downgraded and Amtrak rerouted. Here we see the switch where the Pere Marquette branch joins the C&O. The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum's excursions rarely make it this far west. Our final shot is at Malden, Indiana, a short distance west. The enormous grain elevator is the only reason for the line's existence. The tracks were removed west of here in 1983. Today the trackage in Malden and La Crosse is operated by the short line Chesapeake & Indiana. =============================================================================== 📲📼Phone Video Vlogging Kit! https://geni.us/b4Vp 🚗 🧳 Travel Accessories Kit! https://kit.co/MR77100/travel-accessories 📸 📽 Vlogging Kits! https://kit.co/MR77100/vlogging-kits 📹 🎥 📽 Video Camera Kits! https://kit.co/MR77100/video-cameras