C&O: (Satellite)
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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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