Since it has been preserved as
a railroad museum, it is easy
to find. The Monon is the north/south route and the NKP was the east/west route. Since the NKP still has a strong land scar as tree lines, we can determine that the station was in the southeast quadrant of the crossing. So the track on the left that still has an active bay window is the NKP and the track in the foreground that has a boarded up bay window is the Monon. Note the replacement diamond in the lower-right corner.
Richard's photo shows a northbound Monon train.
CSX must have done a decent job of servicing the elevator because Cargil built an ethanol plant on the northwest side of town. It is interesting to note that there are two railroad yards and both are holding more tank cars than covered hoppers. I guess that makes sense since all of the ethanol would have to leave in tank cars but a lot of grain would arrive from local farmers and elevators via trucks. Since there is plenty of land, I'm surprised Cargil did not build the ethanol plant with loop tracks because they can handle unit trains more efficiently.
Update: Jason's comment:
Summer 2005, I am looking north on the CSX's former MONON Rwy. mainline that runs between Indianapolis, IN. and Chicago, IL. I am standing at the former location of the Nickel Plate Road diamond with the MONON. The N.K.P. Line use to run between Frankfort, IN. to St. Louis, MO. Anyways, we are looking at Cargill's big elevator in town. A Jason Jordan photo.
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