Muncie, IN: Trailhead/C&O Depot

(Satellite)

If you are here because of "Lost/Union Station (NYC & NKP/LE&W)," then you need to go there.

Street View, Dec 2021

As "trailhead" implies, the C&O route is now abandoned, and the route is used by the Cardinal Greenway. 

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.

Map via NKPHTS via Dennis DeBruler

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.

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.

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.