We were heading westbound on IN-28 through Tipton, IN, when my wife said look. Fortunately, I looked in time to safely pull into a parking lot. This is what we saw just south of IN-28.
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Since I was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN, I knew that NKP's mainline ran through Fort Wayne. I didn't know that NKP was this far south. When I got home and did some research, I learned that Tipton was at the intersection of the east/west route and one of the north/south routes of the Lake Erie & Western, which was bought by NKP. According to a 2013 NS system map, the east/west route is still operated by NS. The route north of Tipton is owned by NS, but it is out of service.
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As I got out of the van, the train started south. So I hurried up and grabbed some shots as it left.
Since NS did not own the track going south, further research indicated that I caught an exhibition train from Noblesville, IN, of the Indiana Transportation Museum. That was back in 2014 before there was even a hint that Noblesville would kick the museum out of town. Look at how fresh the ballast is on that track. It is a shame that money was spent on track maintenance just a couple of years before the local governments started the process of kicking ITM off those tracks so that they could have a trail.
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| Digital Zoom of the above photo |
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| Ben Planck posted LE&W Tipton Yard and division point ca 1920 David L White Ben, what's the big building to the south of the main toward the west end? [So we are looking West.] Ben Planck David L White Looking for a sanborn valuation for a clue tonight. George Greene David L White That should be the ice house. Reefers were iced in Tipton until the new change point was changed in the 40s. Ben Planck Nope, to far out of town for Sanborn. George Greene I always wondered why the LE&W did not build the engine facility at the west end of yard where there is more room and no Buck Creek to bridge with the engine lead. David L White One would suspect it had everything to do with being closer to town and within a easy walking distance of most of their workforce. George Greene Most probably. I knew at least one engineer working on Chessie in Kentucky who never learned to drive. He walked to work most days. Ben Planck Tipton had three streets (Green, Kentucky, Columbia) near the east end of the yard. This is were most of the workers lived. |
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| Ben Planck commented on his post Cousin George is right, says ice house on this track diagram |
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| This photo wsa moved to "Tipton, IN: NS/NKP/LE&W Depot and Railyard." |
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