Big Four Freight: (
3D Satellite)
LE&W Freight: (
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Big Four Freight House
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Big Four is the nickname for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Mark Teer
posted two photos with the comment: "Big Four Freight Station and Passenger Station at Walnut St crossing,Muncie Indiana,1920’s."
Rick Giles: A few years ago I went over to Muncie and was able to go inside the freight house building and talked with the fellow who was running a business out of the freight handling section of the building. The walls still had the names of various destination cities written on the walls with chalk. He also let me walk into the headphones part of the building and look around.
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Union Station (Big Four and NKP/LE&W)
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Mark Teer posted
Muncie Union Station date?
Braedyn Kelley: This image is shot looking west from Walnut St. The tracks are those of the CCC& St. Louis Railroad (Big Four, now CSX). The building on the far left-hand side of the page is the CCC& St. Louis Freight House. |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
Union Station Railroad Depot in Muncie, Indiana 1907
Jim Kelling shared |
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's share [AR1VAEU00010038]
The station was used by the NYC/Big Four and NKP/LE&W. In this 1961 aerial photo, the depot was across the NKP tracks from High Street. The building in the lower-left corner was the Big Four freight house, and the building in the center along the top was the NKP freight house. I think the photo shows the Big Four side of the depot. The NKP was behind it on the north side.
Jim Kelling: Dennis DeBruler thanks for this information; I saw the Big Four freight depot a few years ago but it is threatened by demolition |
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bsu, also Indiana Memory
Muncie Union Station was a passenger railroad station in Muncie, Indiana at 630 S. High St. |
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Mark Teer posted
NW,Union Station,Muncie,IN,1968 |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central EMD E7A #4026 with 2 others stopped at Union Station in Muncie, Indiana July, 1968
John E Lacefield: Wysor street station? Jim Kelling: John E Lacefield no, South Walnut street; Wysor street has the former C&O station which is restored. Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared
Bill Edrington: Nice shot. This would be #316, the remnant of the Cleveland Special, enroute from Indianapolis to Cleveland with mail in Flexi-Vans and a coach for whatever passengers showed up. |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central EMD NW2 #8807 at Muncie Union Station, 1968. At midnight on February 1, 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merged. This was the largest merger to date: It created America's sixth-largest corporation and the nation's largest transportation company. Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared |
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Muncie Railroad Preservation Society posted
New York Central Railroad Baldwin DR 6-4-1500A No. 3507 DCA-2a Build No. 73135 Built May 1948 Westbound at Union Station in Muncie, Indiana circa 1955-1960 Photo Credit: Herb Harnish
Muncie Railroad Preservation Society shared
Bill Edrington: Thanks for sharing this; it’s the first photo I believe I’ve ever seen of one of these Baldwin DR-6-4-1500 units running on the Big Four lines. This photo dates from May 1955 at the earliest, because that’s when this unit was renumbered from #3203 to #3507, after having been repowered with an EMD (General Motors) 567 engine. All three of its “A” unit sisters plus two cabless “B” units were also repowered during 1955; all were retired from service in 1960; and all were sold for scrap in 1962. Paul Holtz: The second unit looks like a FM "Erie Built". Nice shot. |
Mark Teer
posted four images with the comment: "Muncie’s Union Station."
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| TheStarPress posted, 1957 photo by newsman Dick Green |
David L White
posted five photos with the comment: "My pictures, taken October 12, 1983."
Jim Fleming
shared with the comment: "Big Four station in Muncie Indiana (demolished, but the stone station sign has been saved)."
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This map marked the two freight houses correctly, but the depot is a little bit west of its actual location.
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Here is a redundant analysis because I had duplicate notes. I hope they are consistent.
NKP/LE&W was on the north side of Union Station, and NYC was on the south side. This map does not mark the location of the C&O depot even though there is room.
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| 1952/53 Muncie East and West Quads @ 24,000 |
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