Category: Photo Section
Photos from the Pennyrail Newsletter
Above and Below: The May chapter meeting at the old L&N Depot in Hopkinsville went well. Some twenty folks were on hand and we stayed dry in the depot as a healthy thunder storm blew by.
William Turner, Stan White and Thomas Harper provided and excellent program on the life and times of the now defunct Cadiz RR. William is the Christian County historian, Stan was the President of the Cadiz RR and Thomas is writing a book about the Cadiz RR and their detailed discussion was well received.
CSX cooperated with 4 trains rumbling past the depot.
Back In Black: Newly arrived US Rail GP40 # 400 rests just north of the Wabash River bridge after switching the Rail America (TP&W) interchange at Van Tower in Logansport, Indiana. US Rail operates two former Winamac Southern (Pennsylvania RR) branches out of Logansport – one to Kokomo, the other to Flora. Date: June 17, 2011. Photographer: Chris Dees
With the storm images from the south fresh on everyone’s minds, thought this historical photo would bring back memories from the 1974 Super Outbreak.
An F4 tornado struck Monticello (IN), resulting in an estimated $100 million dollars in damages.
Part of the destruction included the Penn Central Railroad trestle over the Tippecanoe River.
Many of the spans were ripped off their concrete piers and thrown yards upstream of the bridge. The bridge was rebuilt and continues to serve Rail America’s Toledo, Peoria & Western line to Logansport, Indiana. Photo courtesy of Tippecanoe County, Indiana Amateur Radio Emergency Services April 2011 meeting. – Chris Dees.
