Saturday, February 28, 2026

Hamlet, IN: Junction (HA) Tower: CFW&E/Pennsy vs. Aban/NYC/Kankakee Belt/II&I and Wood Feed Mill

Tower: (Satellite, according to the track diagram below, it was in the southeast quadrant of the crossing.)
Feed Mill: (Satellite)

II&I = Indiana, Illinois & Iowa

Most of US-30 across Indiana was not part of the Lincoln Highway because the Lincoln Highway went northwest from Fort Wayne to Elkhart and through the northern Indiana towns to the south suburbs of Chicagoland.

Darren posted five images with the comment:
Conrails "Hamlet" (HA) tower (Ex-PRR/NYC)
Hamlet, Indiana
Aaron Combs: Believe the Kankakee line was abandoned 1980.
Daniel C Carroll Jr. shared
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1958/60 Hamlet Quad @ 24,000

Feed Mill


The feed mill was along the former NYC tracks.

Jessi Danford, Oct 2024

Ryan Fontanez, Apr 2024

Farm Fertilizers & Seeds Inc


The town has a large ag support business.
Satellite

The grain elevator not only has a fall projector, but it also has its own locomotive.
Street View, Aug 2025

The locomotive used to belong to Wisconsin & Southern. 
Street View, Jun 2023

In addition to the original silos, the elevagtor now has some big bins. And we can see in the satellite image that it has some big round piles.
Street View, Aug 2025

This was the original US-30 cutoff between Fort Wayne and Chicagoland.
Street View, Jun 2023

This is the view from the current US-30 route. It goes well north of town.
Street View, May 2022

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