Spriggsboro, IN: N&W "J" Class 4-8-4 #611 at Spriggsboro, IN

I don't normally post about a photo of yet another train on a track, but this is an exception because it is a N&W "J" class 4-8-4 #611 running with a clear stack at Spriggsboro, IN; and Spriggsboro forced me to learn more about the Fort Wayne Crossing.

Wayne Hudak posted
Norfolk & Western "J" class 4-8-4 #611 westbound at Spriggsboro Indiana, 1985. #611 has been restored a second time and hopefully she will be in NWIndiana for 2018.

My first issue is that when I looked it up in Google Maps it auto-corrected the spelling to Springboro, IN, which is down near Lafayette. The 2005 SPV Map showed Spriggsboro as the junction between NKP and GWT that is west of Valporaiso. A comment by James L. Ludwig on a posting by Mark Hinsdale explains that was NKP's name for that crossing.

Funny how it had three different names for the three different railroads-Grand Trunk called it GT called it Fort Wayne, Conrail's ex-pennsy called it C Valpo and Norfolk Southern's ex-Nickel plate called it Spriggsboro.

The GTW owned the tower that was in the southwest quadrant of their tracks crossing Tower Road (N 250 W), so that is the name on the tower and thus the most common name for these junctions. James named the junction between CFE/CSX/Pennsy and GTW as "C Valpo." But the SPV Map names it Grand Trunk.

Update:

Wayne commented on his posting
Spriggsboro today, looking west on NS.