The Fort Wayne Railfan

I just got an early Christmas present.I looked at Notch8's photos on flicker! Now tell us where it is,please. We are probably looking West at Linker. But, we might be looking West along the belt on Pontiac St.I just can't place that big white house or the large building looming in the background. Ar...

Good stuff, notch 8.

Thank You!

Mark

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/185886/CAPTION-ONLY--INDIANA-TRAIN-COLLISION.html"He and the engineer crouched behind the firebox, expecting it to derail." Frightening stories ! I am reminded of Knox because , now decades ago, our teenage neighbor's boyfriend's father, an NS engineer, died in a c...

cjberndt wrote: but not much else was badly damaged. It sat on a side track at or near Knox for a couple weeks until they pulled it to Crestline.

Craig

Knox on NKP

Hamlet on PRR

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Mark

A RETIRED OPERATOR TOLD ME HE STARTED OUT AS A FIREMAN, AND SEVERAL TIMES HE CAUGHT THE BROADWAY. HE SAID HE NEVER SAT DOWN BETWEEN FORT WAYNE AND CHICAGO. KEITH Hey Keith, good to hear from you! We have much for which to be thankfull. Attached is repost photo of my Dad just back from Europe and WW...

Sherman Street is part of the Lincoln Hwy, don't know if it was during the Fort Wayne Jackson era. Also, here is a pic I found on the ACPL site. It is listed as the Sherman Street underpass but is obviously different then the one previously posted. Does anyone know where this bridge could be? http:...

Yesterday evening there was a big oopsi involving some cars of
this pipe in the West end of East Wayne Yard. "Hulcher" was puting the stuff back in it's
proper place.Maybe a photo later.

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Mark

And, here is why: http://www.limaohio.com/news/local_news/article_85b77c50-c8d0-11e2-ac44-0019bb30f31a.html Train hit truck. I heard the dispatcher tell an Eastbound train out of New Haven,Indiana at 9:30P.M. that every siding to Leipsic was full. I wonder how this will effect the 765 run home tomor...

If they aren't cleared all the way onto the Huntington, why have them leave the yard at all?[/quote] I miss the Four Mile House. We could eat there and watch the switching at the same time.Good steak and eggs. Is this connection handthrown from Snake to Chicago single main or dispatcher controlled n...

Notch 8

Please just stay away from my
home.Leave us in peace.

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Mark

One of the "Boxcar Children"

Just curious about the operation of the office car special locomotive(s). When they come through an area such as this, do they pick up engineers from the local district to operate the train, or do they have dedicated crews that are permitted to operate anywhere the OCS goes? Last year I met the eng...

dbrackin7 wrote:Also visiting Bluffton today is a crane and a scale car. The yard is slowly filling up with random equipment.

The engine was borrowed by NS 369 early
this morning.

That was fun!

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Mark

Hey Ken,that was Craig's description. Your milepost came from Ohio. The 320 post was south of the tracks at the Baker St. station. It disappeared sometime after the line was single tracked. It was replaced with a modern " road sign" post. I wonder who took it and who has the post. Thanks for the pho...

"If the posts are triangular, about 12 in. on each side and stand about 4 ft. tall, they are mileposts or whistle posts."

Said Craig Berndt in the GR&I post.

I wonder who got the MP320 on the Fort Wayne Line.

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Mark