We used to drive through Garrett, IN many Saturdays when I was a kid because it was on the way to my Grandparent's farm. (This was before I-69 was built.) I knew it was a division point on the B&O and that railroading was a big part of the town's economy. A division point means the engines would be serviced and the crew changed. So it had a big roundhouse and depot.
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| Jason Jordan shared |
This is B & O ALCO S - 2 # 9030, it use to sit behind the former B & O depot in Garrett, IN. It was owned by the Garrett Historical Society. This photo was taken around the early 1990's. This engine was operable. By 2007 or 2008, it was scrapped. Reasons for being scrapped are unknown. A Jason Jordan photo.
In fact, I remember the high school calling themselves the Railroaders. While confirming the high school is the "Home of the Railroaders," I discovered that the middle school is the "Home of the Locomotives".
(Community School District)
Update: Jason Jordan has an album of Historical Society photos.
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| Rails Around Indiana posted An image from Lee Yoder, taken in the yard at Garrett in July 1959. Retired B&O steam locomotives 720 and an 0-8-0 switcher await disposition. |
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