On Borrowed Time
Step back 37 years ago today to July 05, 1985 on today's CF&E. We are in Wheeler, Indiana to catch Amtrak 324, The Indiana Connection making the eastbound station stop in Wheeler. The was the 2nd, shorter and less patronized of the two Valpo Dummies, generally the first one west in the morning and the last one east in the evening. Few people used the Wheeler stop, halfway between Hobart and Valparaiso. A lot was changing very quickly. Within a month or so, Conrail's single tracking would retire the westward main seen here between Wanatah and Hobart. And in January, 1986, Amtrak cut the Dummy to just one each way, and the Indiana Connection seen here was discontinued.
As a side note, Amtrak 280 survives today, first as CSX 9998, and more recently as CSX 1.
On Borrowed Time
Step back 37 years ago today to July 05, 1985 on today's CF&E. We are in Wheeler, Indiana to catch Amtrak 324, The Indiana Connection making the eastbound station stop in Wheeler. The was the 2nd, shorter and less patronized of the two Valpo Dummies, generally the first one west in the morning and the last one east in the evening. Few people used the Wheeler stop, halfway between Hobart and Valparaiso. A lot was changing very quickly. Within a month or so, Conrail's single tracking would retire the westward main seen here between Wanatah and Hobart. And in January, 1986, Amtrak cut the Dummy to just one each way, and the Indiana Connection seen here was discontinued.
As a side note, Amtrak 280 survives today, first as CSX 9998, and more recently as CSX 1.