The 2005 SPV Map labels this town simply as Lyle, IN.
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| Jim Pearson Photography posted Norfolk Southern Savannah and Atlanta Heritage unit 1065 leads NS 167, as it passes Consolidated Grain and Barge Company at Lyles Station, MP 157, as it heads east on the NS Southern West District at Lyles Station, Indiana on December 3rd, 2021. Catching this unit completes my goal of photographing all 20 of the NS Heritage units out in the “Wild.” According to the NS Website: Savannah & Atlanta Railway (SR, EMD) began life as the Brinson Railway in 1906, slowly expanding from Savannah toward the Northwest. It was consolidated with other small railroads to become the Savannah & Atlanta in 1917. Central of Georgia bought the S&A in 1951. According to Wikipedia, Lyles or Lyles Station is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana. The community dates from 1849, although its early settlers first arrived in the 1830s, and it was formally named Lyles Station in 1886 to honor Joshua Lyles, a free African American who migrated with his family from Tennessee to Indiana around 1837. Lyles Station is one of Indiana's early black rural settlements and the only one remaining. The rural settlement reached its peak in the years between 1880 and 1912, when major structures in the community included the railroad depot, a post office, a lumber mill, two general stores, two churches, and a school. By the turn of the twentieth century, Lyles Station had fifty-five homes, with a population of more than 800 people. The farming community never fully recovered from the Great Flood of 1913, which destroyed much of the town. Most of its residents left for economic reasons, seeking opportunities for higher paying jobs and additional education in larger cities. By 1997 approximately fifteen families remained at Lyles Station, nearly all of them descended from the original settlers. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 130. Dennis DeBruler shared Brett Ellis: It was Central Soya previously Dennis DeBruler: Brett Ellis My dad used to work for Central Soya in their headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN, so this comment was of particular interest to me. Brett Ellis: Dennis DeBruler they had several elevators in that area. They had their first 100 car location in Indiana in Schneider Indiana. About 10 miles from me. Brett Ellis: Dennis DeBruler also the trains from Central in Schneider went primarily to Central Soya in Baltimore, Tidewater Grain in Philadelphia and Cargill in Norfolk. Dennis DeBruler: Brett Ellis I didn't realize that Central Soya was so heavily into grain marketing. Dad talked mainly about their soybean processing plants. I know that many of those plants are now owned by Bunge. Brett Ellis: Dennis DeBruler yes, the bean plants went to Bunge. Central Soya also had a few barge loading stations on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. What did your dad do there? Dennis DeBruler: Brett Ellis He pioneered the position of tax accountant in the late 1950s after US Rubber closed. Tax accounting was a department by the time he retired. In the early days, he would do business trips to some of the bean plants because of tax assessment issues. Maybe the assessment of the grain elevators was more straight forward and he never had to visit them. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Brett's post From this wood elevator? I see that it was served by the now abandoned NYC/Big Four Cairo Line. I also see that there is a remnant of the line south of the diamond to this elevator, but that is now used for car storage. I included the Conrail reporting mark because those have got to be pretty rare. Now I remember my dad explaining that they used to load unit trains to ship grain to their chicken farms in the south. He mentioned that in some years they had to load smaller cuts of cars because they could not get enough hoppers for a complete train. |
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| Brett commented on Dennis comment That's actually the old Schneider Grain. I will find the former Central Soya elevator pictures. It had a long history. Was a blending elevator for Stratton Grain, the Peavey followed by Indiana Grain Exporters, Central Soya and finally Cargill. |
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| Brett commented on Dennis comment, cropped Dennis DeBruler: That looks more like it! I see that it could load two cuts of hoppers at the same time. Off hand, I can't think of another elevator that can do that because they now use loop tracks. Brett Ellis: Dennis DeBruler the spout farthest from the elevator they used for loading trucks. They loaded rail only on the closer spout. |
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