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GP38 #3866 glides slowly under the former NKP bridge at the east/south end of the yard at Muncie. |
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Time and again its been said "GP15's never got south of Peru!" Want proof, thanks to Bob Jettmore we have it. Here you see a GP15T in fresh delivery paint setting at Muncie yard with a small work train. Its heading north toward Peru. Reference says May of 1983. |
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Muncie depot after it was built. Today this is the office for the Cardinal Greenway and has been beautifully restored. |
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Proof it wasn't "RARE" as we see another GP15 setting in the yard at Muncie. By this time most of the local cars had been moved to South Muncie, and Muncie yard was usually a vacant ghostly spot! |
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A yard goat waits at the east/south end of the Muncie yard, chances are the coal traffic you see was waiting for the NKP to pick it up. |
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A northbound led by C&O #5790 rolls around the 4 degree curve and into the almost 7 degree curve at the depot in Muncie. The NKP diamond and PRR interchange lay just ahead of the engine. Today only the NS runs trains through here and the C&O mainline is now the "Cardinal Greenway". |
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C&O 5793 waits for its duty call at the Freight station in Muncie. The freight station was located just north and slightly west of the passenger station. If you are familiar with the area, it was behind Ed's Warehouse. |
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Miami Valley Milk in Muncie is what most call "Ed's Warehouse" today. Although Ed's closed a few years ago, the building is still a landmark to the area. |
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Taken from the abutment of the NKP bridge over the C&O in Muncie, you can see a northbound freight passing under the NYC mainline and around the curve, soon it will cross the Indiana SR 32 (Jackson Street) crossing. Not much here has changed, just no tracks here anymore for the C&O. |
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Another GP38 rolls through Muncie, here we see it heading northbound across the White River bridge. The PRR Matthews branch crossed on the bridge to the right of the C&O train, and the NKP crossed just up river (left). |
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Taken at the east end of the yard looking east/south, the flood wall is in the background, and the PRR's Matthews Branch is the tracks in the weeds closest to the camera. |
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Muncie was home to "MU CABIN", as seen in the pictures to the right, it wasn't anything fancy, it was located at Hackley Street just east of the Depot, but on the west end of the yard. |
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A Chessie work extra is working at the site of the NKP diamond, by this time the diamond wasn't in use and I do believe this is a shot of the work train working on the removal of the diamond. |
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A southbound freight passing through the bridge over the White river, having passed the old Muncie Mallable plant. It will soon round the big curve and past the depot. |
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Waiting at the west end of the yard, a train bound for Peru idles away waiting for its turn to head north. In the background you can see the NKP track heading to East Yard, this would become the New Castle District mainline in a few years. |
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The Muncie turn is waiting for its crew in the yard at Muncie. |
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Not sure what is taking place here. Imagine that the Muncie turn is grabbing the local engine to take it north to Peru for service and or to get fuel as needed. From what I have been told, this was a weekly change. |
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Taken toward the north end of Drew siding on the north side of Muncie, I believe this was taken from the playground behind Northview Elementary School. |
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A close up shot just a tad south of the previous location at the north end of Drew siding. |
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The C&O had a small oops at the south/east end of Drew siding. The location is just north of Centennial Avenue, you can clearly see the crossing ahead, and if you look the stop light for the intersection of Granville and Centennial. The C&O passed through the intersection, the PRR Matthews Branch is off film to the right and crossed Centennial just west of the intersection. |
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Passengers stir outside the depot at Muncie awaiting the arrival of Amtrak's Cardinal. The orderboards were moved from MU Cabin (just east of the depot) when MU was closed. |
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The date says 1978, taken from the parking lot at the Muncie Depot. Here you can see a N&W engine on the former C&O yardlead and NKP interchange track. The N&W engines are heading back to Muncie East Yard on the former NKP Frankfort District. Today the engine is on the New Castle District mainline! |
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Arriving from Peru, we see the Cardinal pulling into the Muncie depot, passengers ready to head south. |
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Bound for Cincinnati, the Cardinal departs Muncie. The engines on the Cardinal are passing through the yard and heading south/east. The PRR is out of view to the right of the picture, the NKP track is on the left of the Cardinal. |
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A sad scene taken at Muncie. This is the former NKP/C&O diamond located just west of the depot. You are looking north on the former NKP now NS New Castle District, as you can see the N&W pulled the interchange switch and straight railed it around the curve to head east toward their east yard. The diamond had been removed and the C&O straight railed. By this time the PRR's Matthews Branch had been removed and the NKP/PRR interchange was gone. This interlocking was an interesting arrangement agreement wise over the years. Originally established as a Target interlocking crossing, it was later changed to a controlled interlocking and reverted back, and finally controlled from the dispatcher in Peru. |
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The Westbound Cardinal is pulling past the yard at Muncie and slowing for the depot just behind the photographer. By the time this photo was taken, much of the industrial traffic on the C&O at Muncie was handled by the turn only and held at South Muncie if needed. The yards looks very empty and would appear this way until the end of service in 1993. The track curving off to the left under the code line is the NKP interchange to their east yard. Today it is the New Castle District mainline. |
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Taken from the southbound/eastbound Cardinal, you can see the former PRR Matthews Branch bridge over the river. |
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Looking north from the NYC overpass, you can see SR32 and the NKP overpass, just beyond the NKP overpass is the eastend of the Muncie yard. |
