Hartford City, IN: Pennsy Hart Tower, Freight House and Signalling Pipelines

(Satellite?, I could not find an aerial photo with decent resolution.)

Mark Teer posted
Hartford City,Ind.1909,shows Hart tower.

Matthew Lappin: there were 4 tracks through from west of the depot to a location called Renner. The tower controlled it and it was 4 track bi direction running, coal dock was half way between.

When steam went away they removed the 2 outside mains. they also had industrial leads both sides.

A railroad cop was stationed there around the clock.

my grandpa (Ol WW Im sure you remember him out at Montpelier in his white car train watching or waiting for me to go thru) use to say it was impossible when he was a kid to get across SR26 due to trains at the coal dock.

PRR had a switch engine to work the 4 glass plants and Overhead Door plant

[A good view of signalling pipelines branching out from the main run. Also, there are two buildings that house speeders. We can see the tracks from the buildings to move them to the main track.]

Pennsy was the east/west route.

1960 Hartford City West and East Quads @ 24,000