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High above |
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Im riding on the scoot that protects the Suffern-Port Jervis mid day run, high above the Moodna Creek valley on its namesake viaduct. Down below is the Erie Newburgh Branch right of way, most of the time obscured by trees, but now in winter laid bare. Were looking south toward Washingtonville. |
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1/31/1984 Upload Date: 7/10/2021 5:57:17 AM |
| Location: |
Salisbury Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Winter,Track |
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| Title: |
Erie station |
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This is the west end of the Erie station at Washingtonville NY as it looked in February 1984. The last train had run here in 1977, though the track would not be lifted til later in 1984.. Note the Erie station sign still in place. The building burned in the mid 1990s. |
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2/7/1984 Upload Date: 7/10/2021 5:29:37 AM |
| Location: |
Washingtonville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Winter,Station |
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| Title: |
Looking to Newburgh |
| Description: |
The right of way of the Erie Newburgh Branch goes off into the woods, looking toward Newburgh and Moodna Viaduct. |
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2/7/1984 Upload Date: 7/10/2021 5:41:35 AM |
| Location: |
Washingtonville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Winter,Track |
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| Title: |
Looking toward Greycourt |
| Description: |
Theres not much to see looking west, just a wide spot where there may have been a short siding. The station is behind me, were looking toward Greycourt, where the line branched from the Main Line. |
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2/7/1984 Upload Date: 7/10/2021 5:45:43 AM |
| Location: |
Washingtonville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Winter,Track |
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| Title: |
End of track |
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This view from Vestal Av shows the end of track as it was in 1990 on what was once the DLW main line from Binghamton to Buffalo. Looks pretty good for not having any trains on it in 25 years. The line was cut here after the consolidation of facilities, which saw, among other things, the Erie moving its trains from their Jersey City terminal to Hoboken, most of them going in 1957, with the Northern Branch trains not changing til 1960. Lackawanna's trains came off this line in 1959, after connections at West BD(now CP Johnson) and Gibson, east of Corning, were cut in. By the mid 80s, the last customers left on the Vestal side of the river were National Pipe and Plastic, and Vestal Asphalt. No trains ran west of the Old Vestal Road overpass. This part of the line, from here to African Rd, was lifted a few years later to become a walking/bike trail, which has turned out to be quite popular. Still, I cant walk it without thinking of a set of F 3s or E 8s picking up speed as they roll down along Vestal Parkway, heading for Apalachin and Owego. |
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2/18/1990 Upload Date: 12/25/2015 4:42:05 AM |
| Location: |
Vestal, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Phoebe wept |
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The once proud-and fast-DLW main, where the Phoebe Snow hit 70 MPH, is being lifted in Vestal in this shot taken at Sycamore Rd. The right of way will be cleared to build a Lowes. West of African Rd, it will become a walking trail. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:37:07 AM |
| Location: |
Vestal, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Sycamore Rd looking west. |
| Description: |
The track has been lifted west of the crossing, and will soon be bulldozed for a Lowes plaza. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:41:12 AM |
| Location: |
Vestal, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Looking east |
| Description: |
The view of the DLW main looking east from African Rd is deceptive, but only because the crews removing the rail have not made it here yet. It will be gone in a week. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:46:37 AM |
| Location: |
Vestal, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Looking west |
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The DLW main west of this crossing at African Rd will be a walking trail in less than a year. It will turn out to be quite popular. Some of the old DLW signals were preserved, and stand along the trail in a nod to its history. I could never walk it without thinking of a set of F 3s rolling a freight west, or Es on a passenger train. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:51:56 AM |
| Location: |
Vestal, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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301 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Concrete pads and memories |
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This is the view across the Genesee valley from NY 19 near Belfast. The concrete footings once supported a massive steel bridge here on the Erie/EL River Line, which ran from Cuba Jct, near Olean, to NT, just east of Portageville. The bridge was dismantled around 1981, but the bases remain. For a good look at what the bridge looked like, check out Preston Cooks book Erie Lackawanna Memories, pages 75 and 76. |
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3/16/2003 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 2:31:53 AM |
| Location: |
Belfast, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Bridge |
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238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Forty trains a day |
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Hard to believe, to see it now. This is what remains of the Erie, later EL, main line, seen from the US 421 crossing, 33 years after EL folded into Conrail. A few years of state subsidized Erie Western and a few others was not able to overcome the lack of traffic. Now its gone back to the weeds, birds, and field mice. |
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8/14/2009 Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:30:11 AM |
| Location: |
Wilders, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
Coal dock pier |
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While driving across Indiana on US 224, we saw this old building that is now an events center in Preble. It must have been a coal dealer in a previous life, as there was a row of concrete piers that at one time had a track atop them. This is the top of one pier, the plates that held the bridgework still in place. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 6/30/2019 5:53:50 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Extra strength |
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This pier from the coal dock had a little butressing for extra support. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 6/30/2019 5:59:44 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
All in a row |
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The piers that supported a coal dock are all in place, still lined up as they were years ago. Dark side view, looking west. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 6/30/2019 6:03:49 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Built in |
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I dont think this was structural. When the current owners built this utility shed, they incorporated one of the coal trestle piers. Kinda cool. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 7/5/2019 5:35:57 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Looking through |
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This coal trestle at a former EL customer saw a lot of coal drop through. There is still some on the ground, though not much. We can see some here. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2019 Upload Date: 7/1/2019 4:59:15 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Bridge,Track |
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| Title: |
The poles remain |
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I note that a lot of times, once a rail line is abandoned, the track is removed-the rail and ties have obvious resale value-but the lineside poles remain. The wire has some resale value, but the poles, not so much. This one was being reclaimed by living trees along the old Erie. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 7/5/2019 5:41:40 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsland, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Little River Trail |
| Description: |
There is a lot of abandoned rail mileage in the upper midwest, some of which has been turned into parkland or trails. Here in Huntington Ind, where Erie and later EL once had a big yard, they have built a park around the Eries Wabash River bridge. Theres not much else here anymore. The yard has been redeveloped, and the station burned in the mid 80s. At least they have a sense of their history, and the panels in the park do a good job explaining. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:10:21 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
Rememberance |
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The folks who set up the Little River Trail paid respects to the one time owner of what was a two track railroad, and now a trail. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:22:50 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
Away from town |
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A few blocks away from downtown, where theres no trail, the right of way returns to nature. Were looking east on the east side of the Wabash River. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:27:40 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Erie main, once upon a time, double track |
| Description: |
The Erie main line right of way is intact much of the way from Huntington to Decatur, though most of it looks like this now. Amazing how what was once an important main line, 40 trains a day, is now nothing but a tire tracks. Were looking east near Kingsland. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:31:54 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsland, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
There was a diamond here |
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Were looking east along the Erie right of way, not that theres much to show for it now. The track in the foreground is a former Nickel Plate branch that is now an important line for NS. Erie crossed on a diamond prior to abandonment. While EL was here, they ran the bulk of the trains, sometimes 40/day, with N&W showing up only a few days per week. Now, EL is gone, NS runs multiple trains per day here, and the line is signalled. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 7/5/2019 5:51:37 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsland, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Looking east |
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A view of the right of way at Preble, behind the siding with the concrete piers. Imagine an RS 3 on a local, setting out cars... |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:37:36 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Hard to believe |
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There was once a two track main line here, and a tower on the right that controlled the crossing of the NKP, which is now an active NS line out of the photo behind me. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 7/5/2019 6:07:38 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsland, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Whats left |
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Where once long pig trains rolled through at 50, now a switching lead for a couple of local industries served by another road that is successor to an American rail empire. The Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern, which now runs the Pennsy main and some secondary lines, uses this short segment of EL to reach a customer. This is the connection from the ex PRR. Were looking east on the EL. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:53:50 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
View from the road |
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The Erie main was built up quite a bit. It appears here to be 8 or 10 feet up from the road. Must have been a rush to roll along US 224 next to a set of C 425s or a pair of SDP45s on 2NY 100. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:42:30 AM |
| Location: |
Uniondale, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Looking toward Huntington |
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This is the view from what was once the main crossing in Uniondale. Its hard to believe there was once a two track main line here. Im trying to picture a set of C 425s rolling toward me, 75 cars of freight in tow. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 9/18/2019 4:55:17 AM |
| Location: |
Uniondale, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
126 from Marion |
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Hard to believe 40 trains a day once went past this milepost. Now its in a park. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 4:31:58 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
Erie relics |
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The crossing signal is pretty generic, but the M 126 milepost is specific to the Erie, as is one of their famous(or notorious, they were noted for wasps making nests in them) concrete phone booths. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 4:43:04 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Scenic |
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| Title: |
Historic |
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The plaque on the Erie phone booth at the Huntington park. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 4:45:11 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
River bridge |
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This bridge once carried the Erie across the Wabash River. Now its part of a park. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:07:25 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Looking west |
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The former Erie RR bridge over the Wabash River, now part of a walking/bike trail. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:18:22 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Looking east |
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The Erie Wabash River bridge, looking timetable east in the park. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:27:54 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, IN |
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Tom Beckett |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Trail here too |
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Part of the EL in Decatur is also a trail, now being enjoyed by two of the local ladies, one of whom probably doesnt remember the EL at all. Compare this view to Harold Zeitlers photo on page 31 of EL in Color, Vol 1. You pick the best view!! |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 5:59:12 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Well insulated |
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This building now serves as the White Rose Event Center, but was at one time an Erie customer, and had a coal trestle. My guess is it was some kind of power generating station, judging by the impressive array of insulators on the front of the building. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 9/18/2019 4:48:36 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Half right |
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Main Street is still operative, but the railroad part of the sign has been gone almost 40 years, since start up short line Erie Western gave up on this section of the EL. |
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4/21/2019 Upload Date: 9/18/2019 4:59:53 AM |
| Location: |
Uniondale, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Sunny cement |
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The concrete supports for the coal trestle are lined up in the sun, making a striking image. |
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5/24/2019 Upload Date: 7/1/2019 4:51:14 AM |
| Location: |
Preble, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Bridge,Track |
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