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At the very still headwaters of the Little Calumet River which meanders for about 25 miles towards Lake Michigan.
The lake and small falls here form the headwaters of the Little Calumet River which winds its way for about 60 miles towards Chicago.
This bridge was originally located northwest of Marshall, Indiana. It was relocated to Billie Creek Village in 1979. Unlike most of the covered bridges in Parke County, this bridge is named after the Beeson family who lived nearby (most are named after the the town they are located in or the river they cross.). This bridge also survived two different arson attempts in 1979 before it was relocated.
Also note this bridge does not have the famous words "Cross this bridge at a walk" as most other covered bridges in Parke County. This is most likely due to it being located on private property and not passable by vehicular traffic.
Built: 1906
Built by: Frankfort Construction Company
Total Length: 55 ft.
Rockville, Indiana (Parke County)
The yard is mowed but the house is a ruin. Found this while transferring images from Aperture to Photos.
Highland "ND" Tower, a lineman's paradise. The tower did not survive long after this photo. Traffic on this line (the Danville Secondary, Egyptian Line) has declined as well. Here we are viewing an eastbound, probably headed for Elkhart.
August 1981.
Another Grand Trunk westbound in a holding pattern at Calumet Avenue. This was a common place for the Troy Dispatcher to hold trains before launching them into the Chicago Terminal mess. Since CN sold the line west of here, this doesn't happen often.
Outside Madison, Indiana, I discovered a cloud factory. Must have been on reduced capacity that day. Still, it was putting out quality work.
The 1911-built Camden Grain Elevator sits dormant on a clear, cool night. The elevator was once served by the Vandalia, PRR, PC, then CR before shutting down sometime during the Conrail days. One who looks up at its broken, busted windows may find a Turkey Vulture posted on a window sill, searching for its next meal.
Today's CERA, operated by the TP&W, shakes the derelict elevator about once a week, operating short freights down to Bringhurst to serve agriculture-related customers.
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern 308 and 324 pull hard on a long grain move from Free to Lafayette, Indiana. The elevator at Earl Park has been razed since I took the photo on June 17, 1999. The Alcos are long gone from the KB&S roster, too.
At the end of the unit train 315 and 312 are working their guts out... If you zoom in you'll see the trail of thick black smoke drifting across the tabletop country. Well, at Earl Park there's a dent in the tabletop to quote a photo caption of the Trains story that brought me here.
The grade is about 0.6 % from Sheldon to Fowler.
#dieselrarities1999
A former Indiana Railroad unit now owned by NS (and the only one operational at the moment) is leading a Detroit Edison bound coal train west through Vickers (CP 285) in Northwood, OH on a warm, muggy summer evening. 7/18/17
Whitley County, Indiana
A pair of NS geeps are in charge on a short NS 323 today as it rolls along the Dunfee siding during winter storm "Ion."
This is for all the people out west that have been baking in the record heat.
CSS GP38-2's 2005, 1001, and 2007 lead the way of train AF-11 as it departs Kirk Yard onto the city track at Pine Junction located in Gary, IN.
Train B02 (NS Whiting Yard - Burns Harbor, IN) comes out of the “BP Lead” of Whiting Yard with a pair of veteran road warrior NS GP60s (7150/7147) as they head east through the Arcelor Mittal surrounded area of CP 503, crossing the Indiana Harbor Canal at “Hick Tower” on the NS Chicago Line in East Chicago, IN. Taken: 1-17-21. The bridges you see in the up position were once held by NYC and B&O, the one to the far right being B&O.
On a disgustingly humid Sunday, the sun breaks away from the clouds just in time to shine on two South Shore Freights meeting on the west end of their Bailly Yard in Burns Harbor, Indiana.
On the left, a “Nice Guy” in the seat pauses for a couple frames before shoving into Bailly for the rest of their train for a total of 35 cars with CSS 2002 (GP38-2) and FURX 4226 (GP40-2). The job is AF12, the recently reinstated transfer to CSX East Chicago Pegasus Yard, at the time of the photo, the job has been online for a full week for the first time since 2017.
On the right, a trio of traction orange GP38-2s (2009/2007/2001) on train PF10 pull up to the signal on Main 2 at the west end of Bailly after completing their customer work on the east side of Michigan City, now waiting for AF12 to take off west so they can shove into Bailly.
This was my first time out towards the east end of the railroad since the NICTD Double Track Project has been completed and it was great to be back in action chasing friends on the CSS again. So much has been and will be changed in the past two years, granted it was a Sunday, holding freights on the main for long periods of time wasn’t nearly as possible or easy before due to the “silver sausage” commuter traffic. NICTD Dispatchers are still learning how to route trains around on the double track but it’s nice having everything completed, as well as daylight freights, now just added anxiety with track speed being 40MPH from Michigan City to Chicago and trying chase in the concrete jungle that NWI is turning into!
Taken: 7-14-24