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| Carl Venzke posted B&O in Indiana. Alida, Indiana, In the NW corner of the state, LaPorte County. |
A nice photo of "armstrong" signalling rods.
The B&O is now CSX, and it should be heavily used because of the five east/west lines that CSX had after the Conrail split (this line, Penn mainline through Fort Wayne, Penn through Indianapolis and Terre Haute, B&O through Vincennes, L&N west of Evansville), this one and the one through Indianapolis and Terre Haute are the only ones still operated by CSX. In fact, it is so heavily used that it is part of the congestion problems in Chicago. The western railroads can't get rid of their eastbound trains that are destined to CSX because CSX is too congested to receive them.
The Monon was the north/south route through town. It was abandoned by the Louisville & Nashville. You can still see a tree line north and south of town.
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