The Fort Wayne Railfan

I need to stop posting stuff. Gosh no! Post everything you have. :D The educational banter these type of photos generate is priceless. What I have learned over the years is that one person will look at an old photo and see nothing of particular interest, and the next person to look at it will see t...

OK, GREAT! Picture three makes this whole thing make sense to me now. I know for a fact that I have NEVER seen this picture. Thanks for the help!

Wow. I was under the impression that the original station burned down MUCH earlier. I have never seen too many photos of the old station either, and it seems like they are all taken looking east at the station from some distance away. I don't think I have ever seen the front or the east side, and ce...

As part of my new quest to photograph every existing railroad depot and station in the state of Indiana, I did something the other day that I had never done, and that was to take pictures of the Fort Wayne Nickel Plate "station". While the platforms up on the elevation seem complete and well thought...

I went over there tonight and looked around. The closed crossing appears to be a normal maintenance thing. I didn't see ANYTHING that indicated a large scale project anywhere in the vicinity. Not saying there won't be one, just that there is no sign of anything right now.

How many trains would you expect to see there during daylight hours? I have never actually railfanned Muncie.

I had the Big Tin Cap burger at Hall's Coventry the other night, which is just a huge Big Buster. Mighty delicious! There are three flavors of Bun Bar. Maple, Vanilla and caramel. I am partial to the Maple ones, but I also eat the Vanilla. I'm not sure I've ever had the caramel.

Pearson's Candy of St. Paul MN, makers of the famous Salted Nut Roll aquired the Bun Bar in 1998 and still makes them. I have been eating them since I have had teeth (about 1968) and still eat a couple per week. :D As far as I'm concerned, they're as "Fort Wayne" as a Coney Island hot dog or a Power...

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Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:06 pm

Not being from the Ft. Wayne area, can someone give me an idea where the Bun Bar was or is.
Thanks, hibbard

The where being answered, I'm assuming you know what a Bun Bar IS?

I truly wish the new owner of the building and the company that now owns the Bun Bar could get together and restore that billboard. As far as I'm concerned, it's nearly as much of a Fort Wayne icon as the GE sign.

I assume this was taken after the first restoration and before the engine house closed?

I completely get moving the Detroit main, but I don't see what was really gained by moving the Toledo main. Yes, they eliminated having to cross over the NKP at the station, but other than that it seems like a wash at best. Considering the traffic on the Toledo line, it doesn't seem worth the trouble.

I've always been a little bit foggy on exactly what the 1945 re-alignment of the Wabash Toledo line around the back side of the station actually accomplished. Anybody have some thoughts on that? At the very least, it would have seemed the more simply option would have been trackage rights on the NKP...

Yes, the was Greiger Chevrolet, then DeHaven's, and now Summit City. My dad used to buy all his cars there. Grieger sold out to DeHaven sometime in the early-mid 70's and then they moved to Illinois Road. Irony of ironies, in 1988, when I bought my 1972 Chevelle, which had been through several hands...

Has this been an overhead crossing since day one, or was there a diamond to begin with? I'm thinking bridge, but I'm not sure.