Big Four Freight: (
3D Satellite)
LE&W Freight: (
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Big Four Freight House
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Big Four is the nickname for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Union Station (Big Four and NKP/LE&W)
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Mark Teer posted
Muncie Union Station date?
Braedyn Kelley: This image is shot looking west from Walnut St. The tracks are those of the CCC& St. Louis Railroad (Big Four, now CSX). The building on the far left-hand side of the page is the CCC& St. Louis Freight House. |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
Union Station Railroad Depot in Muncie, Indiana 1907
Jim Kelling shared |
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's share [AR1VAEU00010038]
The station was used by the NYC/Big Four and NKP/LE&W. In this 1961 aerial photo, the depot was across the NKP tracks from High Street. The building in the lower-left corner was the Big Four freight house, and the building in the center along the top was the NKP freight house. I think the photo shows the Big Four side of the depot. The NKP was behind it on the north side.
Jim Kelling: Dennis DeBruler thanks for this information; I saw the Big Four freight depot a few years ago but it is threatened by demolition |
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bsu, also Indiana Memory
Muncie Union Station was a passenger railroad station in Muncie, Indiana at 630 S. High St. |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central EMD E7A #4026 with 2 others stopped at Union Station in Muncie, Indiana July, 1968
John E Lacefield: Wysor street station? Jim Kelling: John E Lacefield no, South Walnut street; Wysor street has the former C&O station which is restored. Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared
Bill Edrington: Nice shot. This would be #316, the remnant of the Cleveland Special, enroute from Indianapolis to Cleveland with mail in Flexi-Vans and a coach for whatever passengers showed up. |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central EMD NW2 #8807 at Muncie Union Station, 1968. At midnight on February 1, 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merged. This was the largest merger to date: It created America's sixth-largest corporation and the nation's largest transportation company. Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central Railroad Baldwin DR 6-4-1500A No. 3507 DCA-2a Build No. 73135 Built May 1948 Westbound at Union Station in Muncie, Indiana circa 1955-1960 Photo Credit: Herb Harnish
Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared
Bill Edrington: Thanks for sharing this; it’s the first photo I believe I’ve ever seen of one of these Baldwin DR-6-4-1500 units running on the Big Four lines. This photo dates from May 1955 at the earliest, because that’s when this unit was renumbered from #3203 to #3507, after having been repowered with an EMD (General Motors) 567 engine. All three of its “A” unit sisters plus two cabless “B” units were also repowered during 1955; all were retired from service in 1960; and all were sold for scrap in 1962. Paul Holtz: The second unit looks like a FM "Erie Built". Nice shot. |
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| TheStarPress posted, 1957 photo by newsman Dick Green |
This map marked the two freight houses correctly, but the depot is a little bit west of its actual location.
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| 1952/53 Muncie West Quad @ 24,000 |
Here is a redundant analysis because I had duplicate notes. I hope they are consistent.
NKP/LE&W was on the north side of Union Station, and NYC was on the south side. This map does not mark the location of the C&O depot even though there is room.
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| 1952/53 Muncie East and West Quads @ 24,000 |
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