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Disko Then and Now |
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The top photo was taken by Sandy Goodrick in 1951 on the CR400S bridge that used to pass over the tracks. There used to be a jog in the road, where it now is CR 1550 E. A road bridge came across perpendicularly to the tracks, rather than an angled bridge, which would be required now. The bridge was removed in 1984 after the tracks were removed, the ROW was filled in, and the road was straightened. On the bottom is the exact same location on October 20, 2015, believe it or not. |
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7/4/1951 Upload Date: 8/11/2016 6:23:47 PM |
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Disko, IN |
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Two-level Bridge |
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One of the few remnants that shows the two-level ROW the EL followed through Indiana, the bridges over CR 700 W just outside Disko. |
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12/1/2013 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 11:49:02 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
Two-level ROW |
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Heres a shot looking west from the location of the long-closed CR 1475 bridge northwest of Disko. The two levels of track are still easily visible across this field. |
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12/1/2013 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 11:51:25 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
Erie Water Tower Base |
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Much like the one in Decatur, but less detailed, this water tower base still stands across from the depot in Rochester. |
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12/1/2013 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 11:55:08 AM |
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Rochester, IN |
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| Title: |
Rochester Depot |
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The Erie depot still stands in Rochester. The windows have been boarded up and only one track sits in front, now used for grain car storage. |
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12/1/2013 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 11:53:27 AM |
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Rochester, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
Vintage Crossbuck |
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This crossing signal still sits just west of the Rochester depot. It still has a majority of its cats-eye reflectors in place. It looks like this signal had lights at one point in time, |
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12/1/2013 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 11:56:52 AM |
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Rochester, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Girder |
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The 700 W bridges again, this time looking over the eastbound span. Its crazy to think that this tiny bridge span once held up hundreds of thousands of tons of speeding, eastbound steel. |
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3/18/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:04:02 PM |
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Disko, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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Westbound, atop the CR 700W bridges |
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I climbed up to the top of the eastbound bridge outside Disko on 700 W, and took this shot looking west. There was a barbed wire fence on the ROW, so I just stuck my arm over the fence and made sure not to trespass. This section of the ROW appears to be owned by a farmer now. The two heights are easily visible here too. |
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3/18/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:01:30 PM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
Rochester Depot |
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A more recent shot of the Rochester depot, on a very hot day in September 2014. I was on my way to Valparaiso that day and thought Id take a break from driving in Rochester. |
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9/5/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:43:24 PM |
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Rochester, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
EL Tracks at Newton Jct |
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Looking east along the former EL ROW (EL tracks were removed in 1981 and relaid in 1991) where Newton Jct once was. This line is now used by the Heritage Line, which operates from a refinery in Laketon and delivers oil tankers over to the former Bolivar Jct, where trains on the NS Marion Branch pick them up now. |
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9/5/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:47:06 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
MP 146 |
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The old MP 146 sign still stands along the used section of the former EL ROW near Laketon. |
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9/5/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 2:18:27 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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| Title: |
Newton Rd. Crossing Sign |
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I have relatives who own the fields in this area, so they let us go back on four wheelers and explore the PRR ROW where it met with the Erie at Newton Jct. We were heading back to their house when my aunt showed us an old, overgrown RXR sign behind the brush where Newton road once was. |
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9/5/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 2:15:52 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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| Title: |
Westbound track |
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Heres the westbound ROW, still standing high. This was shot from State Road 15, looking south, looking where the two-level SR15 bridges once towered over the highway. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:07:15 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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| Title: |
M150 |
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Milepost 150 of the EL, still standing on top of the westbound track bed just west of where the State Road 15 bridges once stood. Theres still ballast from the tracks in this location, along with a couple ties. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:09:54 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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| Title: |
Former SR15 Bridges Site |
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Looking east from atop the remaining westbound track bed. The SR15 bridges once stood here, and a deep dip in the highway passed under them. When the bridges were removed in the 1980s, the fill from the ROW was used to level the area again. If you look into the distance here, you can see where the westbound bed picks up again. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:12:39 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Signal Tower |
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The famous RX interlocking signal tower west of Laketon, IN. The new track system in 1959 had a single track from Bippus to this signal tower, an area that was once double-tracked. When the single-track mainline reached this signal tower from the east, it split into two tracks and continued as a two-track mainline to the west. Taken with permission by the landowner. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:18:19 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
EL Signal Tower |
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Close-up detail of the signal tower. The landowner seemed a little hesitant to let me back since he said several people hes allowed back there have taken signal hardware. Unfortunately, that can be seen in some of these detail shots. Im the kind of person who leaves features like that alone though, luckily. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:23:16 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
EL Signal Tower |
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Another shot of the signal tower. Again, taken with permission by the landowner. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:24:42 PM |
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Laketon, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
700 W Bridges |
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My third visit to these bridges. I just liked the angle of this shot. If only thered been an eastbound train coming through... but that hasnt happened since about 1979, 15 years before I was even born. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:27:55 PM |
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Disko, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
ROW near Disko again |
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Another shot looking west at the ROW near the CR 1475 bridge. The landowner chased me down thinking I may have been dumping trash (he told me hes had that problem in the past) but his face seemed to light up when I explained that I was interested in tracking down Erie Lackawanna history. Things changed quickly from there. I told him Id probably come back in the future and he was okay with it. Just remember, even if theres a No Trespassing sign and you dont go past where it is, keep your distance. I learned my lesson that day, and luckily it all turned out okay in the end. But it may not turn out well for everyone. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:32:44 PM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
EL ROW at CR 300S |
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Taken at CR 300S between Disko and Akron. The depth of the westbound track is easily visible in this location, even with the brush at its peak of growth. Unfortunately, the brush has grown quite a bit over the past 20 years. You could once see the CR 1475 bridge over the tracks to the east, but the brush has grown too tall for that kind of distance. And forget about seeing to the west too. You could once see the CR 225 S bridge where it crossed the eastbound track at ground level and passed high above the westbound main. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:37:45 PM |
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Akron, IN |
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Westbound at Akron |
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Looking west from 19 across from the Akron depot. The tracks appear to have been the same height in this location, and the ROW is still clear here too. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:39:31 PM |
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Akron, IN |
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| Title: |
Akron Depot |
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The still-standing EL depot in Akron. Now in green, rather than its EL red. |
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10/19/2014 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:41:03 PM |
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Akron, IN |
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| Title: |
RX interlocking |
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A misty morning on the old Erie Lackawanna |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 9:58:20 AM |
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Laketon, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
CR700W |
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Looks like the double overpasss days will be numbered soon. The road has been blocked off since the fall and the trees have been cleared out. |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 10:36:47 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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CR700W |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 10:38:55 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
Untitled |
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A few Erie Lackawanna telegraph poles can still be seen from CR 1475 between Disko and Akron. This is taken not far north of CR400S. |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 10:47:57 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
Old 31 Gated Signal |
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A once-gated WRRS crossing signal still stands at the Old 31 crossing in Rochester, just down the track from the Erie depot. |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 10:42:03 AM |
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Rochester, IN |
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| Title: |
East at Rochester |
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Larry DeYoung took a photo in this exact spot in the 1970s and it can be seen in his book, Erie Lackawanna Vol. 1 in Color. It shows a westbound with an EL E8 in the lead. |
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5/11/2016 Upload Date: 5/19/2016 10:45:06 AM |
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Rochester, IN |
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| Title: |
Another Erie Lackawanna Remnant Gone |
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The CR700W double overpass was removed in mid-May of 2016, after more than 30 years of abandonment. It was one of the best remnants we had left of the EL West End in Indiana, but it simply became too much of a hazard after decades of not being maintained. |
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6/15/2016 Upload Date: 9/5/2016 11:26:28 AM |
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Disko, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Signal Base |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:48:01 AM |
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Servia, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Telegraph Pole |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:48:47 AM |
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Servia, IN |
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| Title: |
Erie Trestles |
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CR700N |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:50:07 AM |
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Huntington, IN |
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Clear Creek Bridge |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:50:53 AM |
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Huntington, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Depot... In the Past Anyway |
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Former location of the famous two-story depot in Huntington. Im still amazed at how much evidence of it has been entirely obliterated. |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:52:58 AM |
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Huntington, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Telegraph Pole |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:54:05 AM |
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Simpson, IN |
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| Title: |
EL Ties Still in the Road |
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East of Markle |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 10:58:32 AM |
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Markle, IN |
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EL Rails Still in the Street |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 11:00:35 AM |
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Tocsin, IN |
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EL Whistle Post |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 11:15:51 AM |
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Preble, IN |
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| Title: |
Erie Trestles |
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CR700N |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 11:10:42 AM |
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Huntington, IN |
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| Title: |
Erie Trestles |
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Showing their heritage |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 11:11:37 AM |
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Huntington, IN |
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Owen Fishback |
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| Title: |
EL Milepost 113 |
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113 miles west of Marion, OH |
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11/23/2016 Upload Date: 11/24/2016 11:17:21 AM |
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Uniondale, IN |
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