Indiana adventure coming soon!!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:03 pm
My friend "Mazon" and I are going to Indiana! We are leaving Saturday 12-18 and returning Tuesday 12-21! First we'll catch 1225 "Polar Express" arriving back in Owosso! Then go down to Kendalville, Indiana for the first night! Want to catch the old Ludington & Northern® switcher stored at the Kraft® plant unused! Here's a photo (© Jonathan Hinely): http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5492565 We are actually staying at Riley's Railhouse® in Chesterton Sunday night! Old train cars to sleep in overlooking the tracks! This would be great to see the Amtrak® "Lake Shore Limited" and "Capitol Limited" during the "50th Anniversary" year!!!! We will look for IN shortlines Monday 12-20! Is Chesapeake and Indiana® "Railfan Friendly?" Would I be able to get permission to photograph at their yard in La Crosse? I would like to see the SD-M # 814 up close before it departs going to another railroad!!! What is their operating schedule? Their newer power looks nice, just wish I made it here a few years ago (never been)! Well, looks like I at least can get #813 (at a grain elevator), 814 and 818 (now at Hossier Valley)! What times do # 813 switch Co Alliance® in Union Mills? That is something I want to catch running. Another engine I want to see is the old Wisconsin Southern® GP9R # 753 at Stark Co Farm in Hamlet! Here's a picture (© Seth Lakin): http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3685926 Does anyone know more about them? Also, this trip we will catch CSS&SB running! Does anybody know their freight operations? Sundays? What times do South Shore Freight® trains run to the Stillwell area? I suppose only weekdays! We will also stay our third night in the greater Fort Wayne area! Then catch Napoleon, Defiance and Western® "Rickety Track" in Ohio and Ann Arbor Railroad® near Toledo!!!!
I was never able to make it down here when the old Chessie (VLIX) SD18 # 7311 was at CKIN! I was so upset when it left in 2013 and I never got it! It went to Western Rail® of Usk, Washington! I actually mailed two film cameras in Feb. 2014 for Western Rail® to photograph the SD18 for me! SUCCESS!!!! Take a look at my album of pix from there of the SD18: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... ?id=106035
Thanx!
I was never able to make it down here when the old Chessie (VLIX) SD18 # 7311 was at CKIN! I was so upset when it left in 2013 and I never got it! It went to Western Rail® of Usk, Washington! I actually mailed two film cameras in Feb. 2014 for Western Rail® to photograph the SD18 for me! SUCCESS!!!! Take a look at my album of pix from there of the SD18: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... ?id=106035
Thanx!