Indianapolis, IN: Big Four Leota Yard and 38-Stall Roundhouse

Railyard: (Satellite, east of Shelby Street between the tracks and Calvary Street.)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, the remnants of some stalls are peaking through some storage piles.)

"The roundhouse itself contained 38 stalls. The yard would later be named after the street that ran through the middle of the facility, which was later removed: Leota Yard." After Beach Grove was built, this yard became the coach yard because of its close proximity to Union Station. [intransporthistory]

It is the yard near the lower-right corner of this excerpt.

1948/48 Indianapolis West Quad @ 24,000

Angel Ross posted 11 photos with the comment: "I recently learned of a gem I didn't know existed on Shelby Street.  The location housed the train yard for the Big Four (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.) It also had a roundhouse to repair trains. I was always curious of this location, given the amount of space it has. The roundhouse was a major source of pollution, and citizens targeted the railroad because of it. Eventually, the Big Four moved operations to rail yards in Avon and Beech Grove. With no purpose, the roundhouse was razed in 1957. If you drive past this location today, very few remnants remain to indicate what it's purpose once served."

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