The Fort Wayne Railfan

Are any of these still available?

We stopped having those several years ago for three main reasons. First the attendance kept dropping. The first year was the highest and they dwindled more and more each year. Second, the work required to put the event on was the same whether we had a good turnout or not. It finally came to whether ...

Interesting thing about the Detroit Arrow. it was Pennsy from Chicago to Fort Wayne and Wabash from Fort Wayne to Detroit, changing engines and railroads in Fort Wayne. Even with that, it was the fastest route between the two terminal cities.

Don't forget the five interurban lines radiating out of Fort Wayne. They were operated by Indiana Service Corporation.

"I remember enjoying one of your interurban presentations that you had at the Dupont library branch. IIRC, there were a couple of people there who could remember the interurbans, a group that nearly disappeared by now, I imagine." Charlie Willer did one on the Kingsland Wreck once where we had the d...

Our family went there a few times c. 1960 and I remember seeing tracks but no trains. I'm not sure if it was operating at the time.

Bob, I think you are right. When I was in high school (69-71) there was an auto junk yard on the west side of the LE&FtW on the north side of Covington Road (Carter's?). I recall the track was still in place but was overgrown.

Pennsy T-1. I wish I had been around to see them run.

I see trains regularly on the Belt from my place of employment. They appear to be NS and are usually quite long with multiple unit power on the point.

I love to look at these old maps. Keep them coming!

Steve

Although not 1918, the CB&C stopped the year before in 1917, which fits the topic "in or about 1918".

Last month, the Tri-State Locomotive Club held it's September meet in Andrews, Indiana. Larry Lett filmed some video of the meet and has posted it on YouTube. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgavaShn2Q

This is a privately owned 1/8 scale track that has about 3000 feet of line.

If I'm not mistaken, the track in the above photo ended literally just feet west of the crossing. I used to go that way to my aunt's place at Blue Lake and remember seeing the end of the rails from the crossing.

The crossing in new 30 was built. I distinctly remember crossing it as a child with railroad cars being stored east/north of the crossing. It was only protected with crossbucks.

Bob, you have probably seen pictures of the original NKP depot before the elevation. It was still there after the elevation was built and I assume everything used that building, as before the elevation. Sometime after passenger service ceased, someone torched it and it burned down. I remember when i...