Indianapolis, Indiana
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On one of its last runs, Iowa Pacific's 'Hoosier State' sits at Indianapolis Union Station after arriving from Chicago.
An Indiana Rail Road local heads north along the former Indianapolis Union Railway on the east side of Indianapolis. This line was referred to as the “Belt Running Track” in Conrail timetables. We’re looking west towards downtown Indianapolis on the former B&O, which comes in from Cincinnati. The jointed rail in the weeds at the right is the former PRR main line from Columbus, Ohio, which by this date of 04MAR90 was long gone as a thru-route. I don’t know what Conrail was doing with this portion of the line in 1990.
The white mass in the background is the inflatable roof of the Hoosier Dome, now demolished. The PRR signal in the distance is facing away from us and controlled traffic heading east. On the PRR, this signal was near a location called Pine.
Finally, if memory serves, not visible in the concrete bridge abutments were the words “Belt Crossing” in tile letters. Another location called Belt Crossing was further south where the NYC Cincinnati Line crossed the Belt near the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility plant.
The Fireside used to be a local favorite on the near south side of Indianapolis. I am not sure how long it has been closed though. I did take a look at Google map street view and the sign is still there, but it looked stripped of neon and displayed another business that looked out of business.