The Fort Wayne Railfan

FYI Greenplains LLC sold the Bluffton Ethanol Plant to Velaro. It was a part of a package of three ethanol plants. There was a quote from the president of Greenplains stating the three plants was only 20% of their capacity and there were some transfers of rail equipment and storage. The article in t...

There was an item in the local newspaper this week that 20/20 had applied for TIF for some equipment. New equipment needs raw materials, so it could be good news for Wabash Central.

NS paid a lot of overtime to replace the South track switch for the transfer track in Bluffton Sunday. They had two big excavators, a backhoe, and a dozer to move the pieces in and out. When they let traffic resume around 1800 with a 10mph restriction. This morning the tamper and regulator were work...

Best guess, around WWII. As I said, I "heard" that factoid. If the Broadway ran in up to five sections, and some of the other "marquee trains" ran in two or more, it almost seems plausible.

The Pan-handle line thru Logansport was why I said *some* Cincy-Chicago *might* have come via Fort Wayne. I find it hard to believe there was much room for freight with 100 pax trains thru Fort Wayne. (a number I heard, can't vouch for its accuracy) As an aside: I can easily picture a yard master or...

1. I would assume there was some traffic as the GR&I trains passed by (through) Piqua Yard. How much would require some deep diving into company records.
2. I don't know anyone. What a severance package. No wonder they went bankrupt.

I'm surprised you could make if from yard to yard in time.

Don't forget Triple Crown upgraded the yard at least three times: The original 10 track yard. Then they added a 2nd switching lead on the West end (toward Mike) Finally, they added a 2nd switching lead on the East side (near Midway).

Looking good

Oh I'm sure less than 9 out of 10 men on the street could correctly identify what that is. But isn't that the point of preserving history, so people can know and understand how they got there? Once it's gone, you lose context and perspective.

Growing up, I went past the elevator quite often as it is/was only a couple of blocks away from the family doctor's office. Only recall seeing a train once or twice in all those years.

"urban renewal" is a poor excuse to use taxpayer money to destroy a piece of history. I wonder what grand worthless crap they propose as a replacement?

956 went south on the NCD this morning.

That train went through Bluffton at 1122. I believe it was 61C. A 2nd, W1C went through at 1727.

So, is this the interurban to Kendallville?

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Tue May 29, 2018 7:44 pm

..... Aren't the gates here new within the past few years?

Those are only months (like less than four) old.