New Paris, IN: Junction Tower: NS/Big Four vs. Aban/NS/Wabash

(See below for satellite image)

Josh Lemler posted

Here we see Wabash Railroad Steam Locomotive 2806 leading a freight train at New Paris, Indiana crossing the New York Central on an unknown date.

Photo By Harry Zillmer.
Collection Of Josh Lemler.

This town has grown a lot with industries since 1961. I added a red line to a current satellite image to show where the Wabash came through town.

Satellite plus Paint

The tower was in the southeast quadrant. So the train in the photo is eastbound. There were connections in the northwest and south west quadrants. Since the connections where on the west side, I do not understand why there are so many signalling pipelines going to the east.

Update:

Carl Venzke posted
Wabash F7a 1141A has a westbound freight in tow passing the New Paris, Indiana tower and depot. Judging from the vegetation it is late summer and probably in the mid-1950s. To the left beyond the maintenance building we see an interchange track with the Big Four (the Winona Ry. was gone by this time) and couple of people by the Big Four track. The factory is belching black smoke, in those days that was a sign of a good economy. Train has a cut of hopper cars and all the buildings appear to be well maintained. The Wabash is long gone, but the Big Four line survives as part of NS. Photo is courtesy of M. D. McCarter"