NE Tower: (
Satellite, lots of changes since this photo was taken)
Combination Depot: (
3D Satellite)
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James Holzmeier shared a Flickr Photo, cropped
New Haven, Indiana on the Wabash Railroad. Just east of Ft. Wayne. The Nickel Plate RR crosses from left-to-right in this John Barriger photo. Going straight would take you to Toledo, while curving off to the left ("railroad east") is the line to Detroit. The track alignment here was changed in 1944-1945 to ease the curve from 5 degrees as shown here, to a more manageable 1 degree curve. The cost of the line relocation was shared between the two railroad companies; the Wabash's share was 145,000 dollars. With the line relocation project finished, it upped the train speeds from 15mph (both freight & passenger) up to 50mph for freights, and 55mph for passenger trains.
The wood combination depot at New Haven has now been restored.
[Note the grain elevator in the background.] |
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James commented on his post
Wabash RR map |
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Tim Shanahan posted
New Haven IN. |
I used this topo map as a base to add the old alignment because it shows how the Wabash and NKP paralleled each other through town. The map is not quite accurate because I think the east/west yellow line should be level instead of going a bit north as it went east. The rectangle shows the location of the tower in
Barriger 's photo because he was on the old alignment.
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| 1956 Fort Wayne East Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 plus Paint |
The connecting tracks have been replaced by connections right at the junction and only one track is now used through town. The Wabash and NKP routes now
separate on the east side of town. This 1998 topo still shows a double track through town. But a 1998 Google Earth shows just a single track. So I looked at historic aerials. 1962 shows double tracks, but the next image, 1981, shows just a single track. That makes sense since both the NKP and Wabash were merged into the N&W in 1964. So the 1972 and 1981, as well as the 1998, topos are wrong.
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| 1998 Fort Wayne East Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
The depot has been nicely restored.
It was a relatively recent restoration. And much needed. Fortunately, it never did loose its freight door opening and gingerbread.
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