Horrible Railroad Tracks With Southern Railway GP30 and Gondola Car!

Kokomo, Indiana is a very industrial town, and all the railroad trackage is operated by the Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA). The three lines that cross are the PRR Panhandle Line, which ends on the south side of town, the N&W "Cloverleaf" route, and the N&W IMC (Indianapolis-Michigan City) line. Our first scene shows high-nose GP30 #2252 heading north on the PRR with four gondola cars of scrap. He then switches onto the Cloverleaf and backs the train down to the scrapyard. All of the diamonds are still in place in this town. We then look at the junction of the IMC and Cloverleaf lines, and you will note an odd signal guarding the crossing. The Kokomo depot is on the IMC line south of the diamond, and we look at the interesting display of motive power. Note the various N&W/NS high-hood GP30's, and the GP9 #1754, which is owned by Winamac Southern. The 2252 soon returns light, running westbound on the Cloverleaf and crossing the IMC line. He stops so the engineer can throw the switch. Then the engineer SLOWLY crosses the main street and rattles the residential area with the bleating horn.

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Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum Walkthrough 2000

 This narrative is in two parts. The first will deal with the town of North Judson itself, and the second with the museum. 

 North Judson, Indiana was once one of the busiest railroad towns in the world! At one time, FOUR railroad lines intersected here, three of them busy main lines. The PRR Chicago-Cincinnati "Panhandle Line" ran parallel to the C&O of Indiana mainline though town. The Erie Lackawanna's Chicago-Buffalo mainline crossed both lines on a severe angle. The NYC's "Kankakee Belt Line" came in from the south and crossed the PRR, then crossed the EL and C&O almost in the same spot! Family friends in nearby Knox told us that during World War II, the frequency in this town was 150 trains per day! Today this town is very quiet. The NYC was abandoned by Conrail in 1983. The EL was shut down in 1979 after two short line operators failed, and was removed west of here in 1981. The PRR was abandoned in 1984, and the C&O was abandoned south of town in December, 1987. Between 1974 and 1986, Amtrak's James Whitcomb Riley, (later renamed the Cardinal), passed through here on the C&O until it was rerouted in April, 1986. The Floridian ran on the PRR from January 1972 until August, 1974, when the FRA declared the line unsafe for passenger trains. Neither of these trains stopped here. In 1980 the Tippecanoe Railroad was formed to operate a 17-mile segment of the EL east to Monterey to serve a grain elevator. The line became known as the J&K Lines, and was eventually bought by RailAmerica, who promptly abandoned the line in 2004 when the grain elevator closed. The museum had one mile donated to them. The C&O continued to be used by CSX to serve a grain elevator at Malden, just west of here, and to interchange with the J&K lines. With no interchange at North Judson, CSX filed to abandon the trackage in 2004. Not wanting to be land-locked, the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum contracted with Rail Boxcar to purchase the line. It is now known as the Chesapeake & Indiana.

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum was begun in 1988 to preserve a C&O steam locomotive that was displayed in Peru, Indiana. They set up their displays on the EL right-of-way, and obtained an interesting array of equipment over the years. Note the custom-built depot, new trackage on the EL grade, and the South Shore cars. Heavily-vandalized car #108 has since been scrapped. The museum does run occasional excursions on the C&O line to La Crosse.

Long CSX Tank Train at Wellsboro, IN 9/4/18

 

Have you seen a long string of railroad tank cars cross over?

Peering through the heat waves on this steamy September day, a westbound CSX unit tank train crosses over from the north main to the south main at Wellsboro before crossing the CN diamonds. Power is a GE AC4400CW and an EMD SD40-3 "Sponge Bob." I received a horn salute from the engineer.

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Lone SIGNAL on NKP Cloverlead remnant at Delphos, Ohio 9/19

 This is a piece of the former NKP Cloverleaf Line that once connected Toledo with St. Louis. It was severed north of Douglas, Ohio in 1975, and leased to Indiana Hi-Rail in 1989. This segment was last used in 1995, and was abandoned between Douglas and Lendeck in 1998. This piece of track remains north of the PRR Fort Wayne Line with an NYC-Style SIGNAL standing sentinel.

Amtrak Phase 3 Heritage Loco on CAPITOL LIMITED at Laporte, Indiana with...

Top Roof of Metra Commuter Train

 A southbound Metra commuter train merges onto the CP ex-Milwaukee Road C&I Sub and crosses the ex-EJ&E line. Rondout Tower was just recently closed. F40PH #109 is in charge. This shot was taken from the right-of-way of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee's Mundelein branch.

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CN Freight Meets Illinois Central SD70 at Lake Villa!

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No Promises In The Wind HO Scale Layout 1994

 This is a school project that utilized my HO Scale Train Layout to reenact a chapter from the story NO PROMISES IN THE WIND. Set in The Great Depression, NO PROMISES IN THE WIND involves two brothers who hitch a ride on a freight train, seeking employment. The Great Depression unemployment rate was astounding; millions of Americans to utilize their "hobo skills" to travel coast to coast for work. In one scene, taking place in a railroad yard, the two brothers hop onto a freight train while another train approaches on an adjacent train. Their friend, following close behind, stops in the middle the track to toss his banjo to one of the brothers, Josh. Unfortunately, this moment of hesitation is all that was needed for him to be struck by the oncoming freight train! Thus the quote, "catch my banjo, Josh!" 

The consist was as follows:

- ATSF high-nose GP30 (Atlas)

-Southern Railway 40' Gondola (Model Power)

-Southern Pacific 40' Gondola (Model Power)

-PRR 40' Gondola (Walthers)

-D&RGW 40' Gondola (Walthers)

-N&W 53' Mill Gondola (Roundhouse)

-IT 53' Mill Gondola (Roundhouse) 

-Gulf Oil 40' Flat Car w/tanks (Model Power)

-Frisco Offset 34' Hopper (Athearn Blue Box)

- Lehigh Valley 34' Hopper (Athearn Blue Box)

-Trailer Train 60' Bulkhead Flat Car w/Building Products Load (Roundhouse)/(Jaeger)

-CRIP 40' Flat Car w/Lumber Loads (Athearn Blue Box/Jaeger)

-D&RGW 40' Flat Car (Atlas?)

-ATSF 50' Flat Car w/pipe

-ATSF Caboose (Tyco)

This layout has been dismantled, but the equipment, sans caboose, remains.

O Scale Layout At Danbury RWY Museum