Fort Wayne, IN: Mike Tower: CFW&E/CSX/Pennsy vs. NS/N&W/Wabash

(Satellite) CFW&E is the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern.

See Norfolk Southern Maps for an overview of today's railroad configuration in Fort Wayne.

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The roundhouse remnants to the east were for the Pennsy.

Mark Llanuza posted
Conrail is six months but we were lucky this night at Fort Wayne Ind at Jct Mike tower Sept 1976 with three Erie GP-35's crossing the N&W .We used two flash guns this night.Long time friend Steve Smedley were all out this night trying to get Erie trains.

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PennCentral cut back the Pennsy route in favor of the NYC route. Back in Pennsy's heyday, it would have had more tracks crossing the Wabash. In fact, it looks like it had four tracks crossing the Wabash with diamonds on a sharp angle.

EarthExplorer: Apr 27, 29161 @ 28,400, AR1PJ0000010068

Darren Reynolds posted three images with the comment: "Conrails ( Ex-PRR) 

"Mike" tower (WP)

Ft . Wayne, Indiana"

Tim Shanahan shared

Tim Shanahan shared

Christopher Allen Howe: Originally named Wabash, name was charged by Penn Central to Mike in 1971. Legend has it that it was the name of an official's son. Mike would go on to be the last tower in Fort Wayne to close in 1988 with demolition in early January 1989.

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Darren Reynolds posted
"Mike" tower was also called "Wabash" tower too...I think to the Wabash RR...
Tim Shanahan shared

David L White: My pic, taken from a N&W train, from the second unit. Sometime in the mid 70’s.

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Update: 1988 interior