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Re: (erielack) Remains of the EL west of Marion, Ohio?

In Decatur, Indiana, just inside the state line with Ohio, no trackage
on the ROW, but a freight house remains (used by a feed and grain
company) near the large concrete base for a water tank, similar to that
in Port Jervis, NY.
 
J. Kelling

>>> eriewalt_@_hotmail.com 9/27/2007 7:32 PM >>>

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum:
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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Dye" <luxpan_@_hotmail.com>
To: <olelena_@_tds.net>; "EL News Group" <erielack@lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Remains of the EL west of Marion, Ohio?


>
> Fred,
>
> In Indiana, there is precious little left in the way of mainline
track. 
> For the most part, the Erie is just a wide spot in the weeds, with a
few 
> signal bridges/masts/relay houses, regular bridges and four depots
(Three 
> along the tracks: Akron, Rochester & Monterey [Assuming that Monterey

> still stands] and one moved to Allen County: Kingsland) remaining.
The 
> only tracks that remain are in North Judson and belong to a museum
(Wabash 
> Valley?).
>
> Michael Dye, ELHS #1516
>
>
>
>> From: olelena_@_tds.net>> Subject: (erielack) Remains of the EL west
of 
>> Marion, Ohio?> > Good morning all:> > Can anyone shed some light on
any 
>> remaining EL mainline trackage that might still be in place between

>> marion and Chicago? I recall a stretch west of Lima that operated
briefly 
>> as the Tippecanoe or the Erie Western, but I photographed a bunch of

>> stored boxcars on this line next to a dead semaphore signal in 1984
if 
>> memory serves. > Fred Hyde> Monona, WI
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