North Manchester, IN: Big Four Depot and Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Jason Jordan posted
Late 1980's into the early 1990's, we are looking up Conrail's former New York Central Marion Branch at both the former N.Y.C. depot and the Kent Feeds elevator in North Manchester, IN. A Bruce Emmons photo, out of the Jason Jordan collection.

Jason Jordan shared
We are looking north on the NS's former New York Central Marion Branch at the old depot in North Manchester, IN. The photo was taken back in the early 1980's, when Conrail originally had the line prior to the NS. A Bruce Emmons photo, out of the Jason Jordan collection.

That is a rather old elevator for the 1980s. Fortunately, there is a modern elevator south of town. Unfortunately, it is no longer rail served.

Street View

My 1928 RR Map shows that a Pennsy branch between Logansport and Butler also used to run through this town. From another map, it appears that Pennsy may have bought it from Wabash.

Satellite

It looks like the depot has been repurposed, but the old elevator has been torn down and the land reused. From the tree line on the southwest side of town and the gaps and trees on the northwest side, the old Pennsy ran straight through town on a diagonal.