The Fort Wayne Railfan

Remember, when these maps were drawn up, they were literally drawn. By guys with BIG drafting tables, by hand. It took years for them to be completed, as they had to calculate and scale every line, by hand with no hand calculator. There was plenty of time for plans to change, or property to change h...

It ends just East of SR 301, not 1.

Anybody else notice the BART cars rolling down I-69 on a flat-bed semi? I've seen three in the last couple of weeks. Hard to get a photo when your closing speed is in excess of 150mph.

Over on another website, someone said 10E swaps blocks in Piqua and a 10R makes a pick-up. It would make sense that they can come in one end and out the other. Then, LF10 and LF14 make stops in Piqua also.

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Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:03 pm

Interesting they would all fail at about the same time. Wonder if WWI had anything to do with it?

I'm sure the war and the flu pandemic took millions of people out of the economy. Also, these were weak lines and the roadway improvements made them a "nice to have" instead of a "necessity."

Is that titled, "Notch 8 & sand?"

Looks good.

Sounds like an interesting idea.

It doesn't look like the factory in the background, but as shiny as she is, it has to be a delivery/acceptance photo.

I love looking at old maps to see "what it used to be" because it adds context to what we have now.

CSX trackage rights, so CSX crews and power. The few crew changes I've seen seem to be all CSX crews. I haven't heard anything about L&I hiring more crews to handle this traffic.

Nice collection.

Kinda sorta. CSX invested millions to upgrade the line so they could use it as a relief valve for routes into Cincinnati. L&I owns the line, but CSX owns the improvements (ballast, ties, CWR, new bridges) and has exclusive trackage rights.

Ouch. Glad to hear the only casualites were underwear.

As I recall, they have to be running late to be seen in good daylight this time of year.