OK,
"Mazon" and I had a great time on our
"Indiana Adventure!" Here is a brief description of what we caught from the above list! Sometime after the film is developed, I may scan some negs to share! Yes, caught
1225 "Polar Express" arriving back in Owosso with the ex
Amtrak® F40PH leading! Kendalville, Indiana was good the first night! Next day got
Amtrak® "Lake Shore Limited" and
"Capitol Limited" at an old closed
Family Video®!!!! The first westbound
NS train that day also had a
"High Hood" GP38-2 second (of two locos)! Also the old
Ludington & Northern® switcher stored at the
Kraft® plant! South Bend is now run down and lots of homeless on the streets! Yelling!!!! Last time I was here was in 2005 with my late Dad (RCJ I)! The old Union Station we saw a
"Three Some" of trains!!!! Found out that Arnold Street (
CN/NS) is now blocked off!!!!
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Saw eight trains in about an hour at Ogden Dunes
South Shore® station!
Lots of NS freights! Got two South Shore® passenger trains meeting! Also got a South Shore Freight® train and Amtrak® "Wolverine!!!!" That Riley's Railhouse® was awesome at Chesterton that Sunday night (12-19)! Did not sleep in the train cars, but the most expensive "Upper Berth" overlooking the tracks! Yes, we got the Amtrak® "Lake Shore Limited" and "Capitol Limited" but no "Heritage Units!" Did not get IN shortlines operating Monday 12-20! Got good CSS&SB passenger trains street running at 10/11th streets, Michigan City! Got light power of South Shore Freight® with engine #1000 (NICTD) trailing! CSS engines at the yard included an ex
Louisville and Indiana Railroad® burgundy engine still in
LIRC paint and name (
CSS patch)!!!! Saw
Chesapeake and Indiana® stuff a little! Photographed ex
DMIR # 813 sitting near Co Alliance® in Union Mills! Actually got permission to photograph at the
CKIN yard in La Crosse! Made it there just as the guy was locking up (I walked across a field in order not to trespass)! Got evening shots of
SD-M # 814 up close! It soon will depart going to Wisconsin!!! There was a nice caboose too! Did not make it to see
SD-M #818 at Hoosier Valley! Heard that their stuff is stored in sheds mostly when they are closed! That is something I want to catch running another time. Another time we'll have to see an ex
ATSF GP9 in Malden! Also I want to see 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 Our third night we stayed back in Kendallville! Tuesday 12-21 we saw a couple
NS trains in the greater Fort Wayne area! Even caught the
"Woodburn Local" with a caboose (behind engine)! Caught the
Napoleon, Defiance and Western® "Rickety Track!!!!" Parked
GP9 #105 in Woodburn, IN and
ATSF "Bluebonnet" colored
GP20 #2026 in Antwerp, Ohio!!!! Caught a freight turning south on a spur in Cecil, OH! It had an
Elkhart and Western® GP20 with 19 cars (most were ballast)! Did not see
Ann Arbor Railroad® near Toledo!!!! Wow, it was a great final 2021 trip!
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Just stayed another night in Ann Arbor before coming home Wednesday 12-22!!!!
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