We can see a few signalling pipelines in the top photo along with a color position signal.
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| Matthew Ditton posted A before and after of where the B&O and N&W crossed near St. Joe. In the before photo provided by Craig Berndt, Paul Willer took a photo in the Summer of 1966 looking east on the B&O when they were single tracking this portion of the line. The tower was still standing at this time and you can see the N&W crossing in the distance just beyond the tower. I took the current photo on 5/10/26. This is now the CSX Garrett Sub which was double tracked again in the late 90s and the other track is now the Norfolk Southern Huntington District. I think the connecting track on the left was put in around the same time of the double tracking but am not positive. The road crossing in the distance was county road 58 and that crossing was eliminated several years ago. The house on the right still stands today but the trees in the current photo obscure it. For me, it's one of the rare comparison shots I've done where there's more track in the current photo than the before one. Michael Schwiebert: The transfer track was put in for the SDI mill between St. Joe & Butler, so they could (at the time) have 3 railroad access. Both this and the siding that was put in from St. Joe to Concord (on the south side of the main track) were put in back when I still lived in Fort Wayne. I lived there from 1993-96, and want to say it was 1995? I always thought it interesting that they did grading on the south side for the siding instead of using the existing grade on the north side. Did CSX have plans for restoring the double track even then? I don’t know. Tim Shanahan shared |
I was aware of a Wabash route that went from New Haven to Toledo, but NS doesn't own that route. So I learned that Wabash also had a route from New Haven to Detroit, and that is the one that NS still owns.
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| Kevin Piper posted via Dennis DeBruler |
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