Old Elevator: (Satellite)
New Elevator: (Satellite)
I Love Trains posted two photos with the comment: "Photos courtesy of Eric Pookie Saum - Train depot and coaling tower, Worthington Indiana. 1957 and 1955."
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| 2 [Is that a tree growing on the left rail?] |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on the above post Because of the curve in the track, I think these buildings were by the NYC route. Those tracks are now abandoned. The depot was probably in the clump of trees that is north of Union Street and east of 1st Street. Is there a tree in the second photo that is growing on the left rail? 1951 Bloomfield Quad @ 24,000 |
A USGS map labels the remaining Pennsy route as Soo Line Railroad. That doesn't make sense, so I checked out the 2005 SPV Map. It labels the route as ISSR, which is Indiana Southern Railroad. But southwest of Beehunter, which is the SPV Map label for the junction of CP/Milw and ISSR/Pennsy, CP does share the RoW with ISSR. On the map, that route terminates at Hawthorn Mine. I see on a satellite image that the spur to that mine has been torn up. I did see coal hoppers and some tankers stored on the route southwest of Beehunter.
It doesn't look like the old grain elevator is used anymore.
This co-op is another reminder that supporting farmers needs more than just grain storage. In fact, the map label claims "propane supplier." This elevator is not rail served.
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| Street View, Jul 2023 |
The aerial photos had poor resolution.
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| EarthExplorer: May 1, 1977 @ 80,000; AR1VEHQ00020017 |
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