The Fort Wayne Railfan

rrnut282 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:57 am

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.

CSX Crews ? CSX Power or L&I Power ?

CP train 140 made an abrupt stop in Butler IN as it was coming off the NS Chicago Line and head up the Huntington District, The wide/heavy load had just spent the night just to the east of the crossing and had just started the trip for the day and had almost cleared the crossing when CP 140 made the...

Nice looking paint scheme ! This railroad is controlled by CSX ?

Here is a link to a bunch of good shots of towers along the Ft. Wayne line on this person's page, including a few in Ft. Wayne itself. photos by Joe Jack

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98922361@ ... otostream/

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 S-1 No.765 leaving Abbott Yards South Buffalo New York photo by Richard H. Ganger

Illinois.

Here is a link to the story: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1736016 ... ger_train/

Mike

Nickel Plate Road No. 167 K-1b at Hoopeston Illinois, March 7, 1950 NKP 167 was built by Alco/Brooks 8/1923 and was 1 of 6 K-1b's produced. On July 1st 1951 NKP No, 167 pulled the last eastbound passenger train No. 21 from Peoria Ill to Bloomington ILL only being 11 minutes late into Bloomington. Th...

The Toledo & Indiana Railway was incorporated in 1901 to construct an electric interurban rail line from Toledo through Stryker and Bryan. The T. & I. was envisioned as part of an interurban network connecting Toledo, Indianapolis and Chicago. The T. & I. interurban cars were similar to trolleys, wi...

A view of the CN Yard in Bryan Ohio

131 years ago Tracklayers on the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw (later known as the Cincinnati Northern) Railroad reached West Unity. This report of the railroad’s arrival in West Unity is from the October 19, 1887, issue of the West Unity Reporter newspaper: “Never in the history of West Unity peop...

Highball Leipsic Junction! NKP 751 pounds the diamonds at the B&O/NKP diamonds in Leipsic, Ohio. Bob Lorenz photo, E.E. Davis collection. Circa 1950

(1909): Eastbound Wabash train No. 6, traveling at about 50 miles per hour, derailed east of Edon about 8 p.m. on May 2, 1909. A turned switch point threw the tender's trucks off the rails, breaking the coupling between the tender and the engine. The engine remained on the tracks but the tender over...

(June 24, 1953, 65 years ago): The Cincinnati Northern Railroad used a diesel locomotive for the first time. The Cincinnati Northern Railroad ran from Franklin, Ohio, north of Cincinnati to Jackson, Mich., passing through the Williams County communities of Bryan, Pulaski, West Unity and Alvordton. U...

(1909): Eastbound Wabash train No. 6, traveling at about 50 miles per hour, derailed east of Edon about 8 p.m. on May 2, 1909. A turned switch point threw the tender's trucks off the rails, breaking the coupling between the tender and the engine. The engine remained on the tracks but the tender over...

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