C&O: (Satellite)
See also Union Station.
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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. 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. |
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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| Nov 8, 1948 @ 46,200; AR1HV0000010005 |
Trailhead/C&O Depot
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| Street View, Dec 2021 |
As "trailhead" implies, the C&O route is now abandoned, and the route is used by the Cardinal Greenway.
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| Kyle Johnson, Feb 2017 |
The railroad next to the trail at the depot that we see on the right in the above view is a connector between LE&W's north/south and east/west routes through town.
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| Map via NKPHTS via Dennis DeBruler |
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| Dwayne Caldwell posted Muncie’s Wysor Street Depot was built in 1901 by William S. Kaufman for the Cincinnati, Richmond, and Muncie railroad line. It is an example of Victorian Queen Anne style with wide white oak woodwork, maple floors, granite walls and marble fixtures, costing around $15,000 at the time. It served as a depot until C&O ended both passenger service to Muncie in 1949 and the freight service in 1950. The building was then leased as office space by Muncie Gear Works for twenty years. It began use as a depot once again in 1973 as Amtrak utilized only the platform, but not the station itself, for their Cardinal Passenger Line. This usage ended in 1985 and the depot remained vacant for a number of years. Cardinal Greenways took ownership of the depot in 1993, beginning restoration on the site in 1996. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 the depot reopened in 2004 as headquarters for Cardinal Greenways. The restored depot features historic displays, a gift shop and trail information. Photo/text by Dwayne Caldwell. Ted Friddle: I was the guy that restored it back in 2004. Jacob Earl: The stone that says "Muncie" in the lower right corner, came from the Big Four Depot downtown Muncie. |
This photo is of the Union Station.
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| Jacob Earl comments on his comment This is a picture my dad, Mark Earl, took, sometime in the 80's very early 90's. But, just to the left of the Conrail engine, you can see that same block that says Muncie. |
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| Jacob Earl commented on Dwayne's post Wysor St. Depot Muncie, IN 80's or 90's. Photo taken by my dad, Mark Earl. Dwayne Caldwell: Jacob probably 80s from what I read. Different roof. Maybe Ted Friddle could comment on that. |
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