Street railroad car #95, One-man sing and double ruck, arch roof, steel car. Built 1930 for Northern Indiana, weighed 42,500 lbs., Seated 50, retired by Indiana Railroad in Jan 1940. Photo taken in Anderson, Ind.
Built in 1908 and located near State Road 7 on the Hilltop, near Johnson Lake on Cragmont Street and demolished in 1968. Bushrod W. Taylor, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Louisville gave directions for the building of the station. ...
The photo is of the old freight depot along the river in Madison. It covered almost an entire block. The hill locomotive "M.G. Bright" is visible on the far left.
Railroads; Railroad employees; Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad tracks; Dupont
This picture show a track crew at Dupont, Indiana. The nine men pause long enough for their picture to be taken. Note the partially driven spike in front of the man with the driver on his shoulder.
The Madison Courier interviewed W.F. Guthrie, an old gentleman who had seen the railroad from an early time. He stated, "After a shower of rain the wheels would slip on the rail and the brakes would not have the desired effect. It was said of a...
West bound train on Vaughn Drive at Mill Street. Visible in photo is locomotive "8606" and box cars on siding located where the old freight depot once stood. The picture was taken about 1949.
Reuben Wells, master mechanic, designed his namesake. It was built in the railroad shops at Jeffersonville, Indiana, under his supervision and placed in service in 1868. It was, at the time, the most powerful engine in the world. It was built to...
Railroad stations; Train depots; Buses; Madison Depot; Madison; Railroads
"In 1893 the railroad bought the whole block on First Street from Vine to Mill and and bought the depot." The Victorian style building was built in 1895. On the property had stood a fine old home which had to be taken down to make way for the...
The Pennsylvania Station in Dupont, Indiana with a boxcar waiting on the track; there is freight waiting to be loaded next to the utility pole to the right of the station.
Railroad employees are posed with the "Reuben Wells." It was originally given the number 35, but was later changed to No. 365, and was specifically built for the JM and I Railroad for use on the incline at Madison, Indiana. It went into service...
Accidents were not rare on the railroads but, considering the number of trains on the track, overall they were considered quite safe. When an accident such as this one occurred, it was quite a sensation. On April 17, 1913, the Madison-Courier...
The newly built "Reuben Wells" sits at the Jeffersonville yards where she was built for the J M & I Railroad under the supervision and to the specifications of Master Mechanic, Reuben Wells, for whom she was named. Her boiler was tilted forward to...
The train on the railroad incline is being pushed by the "Reuben Wells" locomotive as it approaches North Madison at the top of the hill. Visible in the photograph is the roundhouse and the Godman and Phillips slaughterhouse.
Agriculture; Jackson Township; Suman, Colonel Isaac C.B.; Railroad; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
In 1865, Col. Isaac C.B. Suman returned to the area after a distinguished career in the Civil War. He and his wife, Kate, purchased the above property in Section 28 of Jackson Township adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, seen to the right....
Nicknamed "The Little Train that Could," the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad has provided commuter and recreational transportation for the residents of Westchester Township since 1908. The original orange passenger cars were replaced...
A reproduction of a photograph of a railroad crew on a locomotive, possibly taken in Huntingburg, IN. Keywords: men, locomotive, railroad, railroad tracks, steam engine, coal car.
