Whiting Junction, IN 1982 vs 2018

This location is Whiting Junction in Whiting, Indiana. By this time of the top 1982 photo, the PRR Fort Wayne Line had been severed to the east between a drawbridge and Clarke Junction. Conrail was still using one of these three tracks to access a refinery to the east of here. The single track crossing is the B&OCT branch that ran from the lakefront to their mainline. The foundation of the tower is still visible is the bottom photo, which was taken on August 25, 2018. The PRR trackage was removed in 1993.