The Fort Wayne Railfan

To know what the Erie was and to see the remains today makes hard to understand how it could happen that a railroad folds up and pulls the plug

I've heard ramblings that NKP No. 587 has a new Owner, anyone know anything of what's going on ? I had wished that it ended up here with NKP 765. The ITM seemed to had it's fair share of troubles and too bad 587 was in the middle of it...

If you're patient enough, everything eventually shows up. Thank you for sharing that, wonder if that's 1913, when there was massive flooding. A Pennsylvania Railroad six-wheeler posts outside the station along with it's crew and an assortment of interested spectators. The picture was taken during t...

21Z on the NS Chicago Line mp 391 Wawaka Indiana 2/7/21

Wayne Gest wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:58 pm

The NKP depot at Portland was destroyed in a derailment in 1962.

I've never seen a picture of the GR&I depot that surely was in Portland somewhere.

Here is the Portland GR&I Depot

Looks Sharp, If only a caboose could talk !

Hard to believe the importance of coal.. it came and it went.. Same can be said about the railroads too

Anderson Grain out of Reading Michigan shipped out their 1st grain train of corn in over 18 months prior to this it all had been going to their Ethanol Plant in Albion Michigan, Crews will forward this train to the NS Yard in Montpelier and return with another grain train and there is a train sittin...

D.L. wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:11 pm

Did the Chesterfield wreck cause an increase in traffic through here on the NKP, seems like I'm hearing more traffic over there. ?

I'm guessing you were hearing reroutes as it did take out both mains.. Could have been much worse !

Nice Catch, the UP seems to take care/wash their Heritage Units

Merry Christmas to all and may 2021 be a better year than 2020 turned out to be ! although business wise it was an Excellent Year !!

Hastily way to unload a boxcar of vegetables.. A Vandalia car to boot ! This head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad occurred two miles north of Missaukee Junction on September 22, 1901. Killed were crewmen Fred Zimmerman and Hiram Wit...

I notice an Excavator sitting on the tracks North of the cement spur.. at 70 mph it went by quickly

Wayne Gest wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:54 pm

Poor man, doing his job, doing nothing wrong. Railroading is still a hazardous business. He was only 39.

https://www.snyderfuneralhomes.com/obit ... l-m-payne/

Was a tragic accident, I believe that He leaves behind 4 Children and a Wife...

NS No. 8099 Southern HU leading eastbound 294 across the farm fields of Indiana between Brimfield & Wawaka Indiana 12-14