The Fort Wayne Railfan

Argos, Indiana. 1970s to mid 1980s. First picture is looking east on ex-NKP main, second picture is looking south on IMC division. The engines are there for the IMC div. locals, don't recall why the camp car was there. Notice that the office was remodeled sometime between the first and second pictur...

Nice pictures. Does anyone know why and when the second story was removed from the depot?

West 25th Street in Cleveland had the same structure with aa express room on the end. Cleveland Public Library photo appeared in the "Railroads Depots of Northeastern Ohio" on page 92.

That is indeed a tilting target signal (just called a target in the NKP ETT). Horizontal was clear for the LE&W District. The crossing was automated sometime between April 29 and September 30, 1951. This was probably done in conjunction with building the new yard and engine facility that went into s...

A person has to remember that when the East Wayne expansion was planned the NKP owned no road freight diesels. Also, after WW2 labor costs began escalating, so it may have been just as cheap to build a concrete coal dock instead of wood. The two diesel stalls in the "roundhouse" were mainly for swit...

WOW, what a 1950s era automotive history lesson. Thanks for the info and photo.

I'm not a Ft. Wayne expert, but behind the train is what appears to be the old, pre-Baker Street depot.
Was it left standing after Baker Street depot was built?

The diagram you posted is Kouts, in later years wilders was remoted from Kouts. My attachment is the layout when the CA&S was still there.

I am attaching three pages from the "Nickel Plate Road, Nickel Plate District, Physical Data and Other Information of Interest" booklet dated September 1954. The booklet is an official NKP publication and it may help answer some questions. Page 21 mentions the five stall roundhouse at East Wayne. th...

East End Argos is now Walnut: West End Argos is now Juniper; East End Hibbard is now Redwood; West End Hibbard is now Marshall

Looks more like Canadian Pacific. All it needs is the beaver.

Not sure, but I think the NKP freight house burned in 1968. I have never seen a picture of it before the fire. If anyone has a picture of either freight house I would like to see it posted.

To me it looks like the cars are lettered "National Park Railway". I didn't know Buck Lake Ranch had a railroad either.

Sure looks like one.

hibbard

Just a guess, it may be dolled up before going to the 1949 Railroad Fair in Chicago.
hibbard