Attica, IN: Gravel Pit and Steam Powered Equipment

(Satellite, the land is now the Badlands Off Road Park)

Jeffrey Bossaer posted six pictures of a gravel pit operation with the comment: "The large gravel pit south of Attica, Indiana was always served by the Wabash Railroad. It was on the branch line to Covington. Pictures courtesy of the Linden Depot Museum."
Jeffrey posted again

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The scars left by the operation have been turned into an asset as the Badlands Off Road Park. The branch line still goes through Attica and past an ADM Grain Elevator.

Was this the same gravel pit? I know the C&EI had some tendrils into Indiana. But I can't find Attica on any of their maps. The oldest topo map available is 1953, so that is not going to help find the CA&S.

Jeffrey Bossaer posted four photos with the comment: "A north and south railroad in Warren County, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad many years until 1921, then Chicago Attica and Southern Railroad, 1922-1946. A local history magazine article, the gravel pit near Kickapoo, and train wrecks near Kickapoo."

Jeffrey Bossaer shared

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Ron Mahoy posted
Old railroad “filling tower” in what I think was a sand quarry at one time…

In repsponse to Ron's post above, Jeffrey Bossaer put together a couple of posts of images for the Indiana Railroads & History Group: 17 images about the branch and and 11 images about the gravel pit that is now the Badlands Off Road Park.