Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Jeffersonville, IN: (X) Tower: B&O vs. L&I/Pennsy and Moved/Pennsy Depot

Tower: (Satellite)
Original Depot Location: (Satellite?)
Current Depot Location: (Satellite)

Gary Miller posted
Lone tower in Jeffersonville, IN.
PRR and B&O RR. It was X tower for the B&O and they operated it.

The comments on the posting imply the tower still stands. But I can't find the tower, or trees, in satellite images. The diamond is gone because the southwest track of the CSX/B&O route has been removed even though the 2005 SPV Map shows it still existed in 2005. The Bing Birds-Eye View agrees the line has been torn up.

The north/south route was the Pennsy. CSX sold it to Louisville and Indiana Railroad. They now realize that was a mistake and are paying to upgrade the L&I so that they can run their trains on that route as well.
Satellite

George Hamlin Flickr
Penn Central freight JA-1 crossing the B&O diamond at Boyd Tower in Jeffersonville, Indiana on July 4, 1968
J.B. Rail Photog shared


Simon Mason, Jun 2022

2:32 video @ 2:25 (source)

Dennis DeBruler commented on the source
A plaque in the video at 1:18 says this was a Pennsy depot that was moved. I can't figure out where the original location was. Did the B&O share this depot?

The station marked in this topo (satellite) had to be for the Big Four railroad.
1955 New Albandy and Jeffersonville Quads @ 24,000



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