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Re: (erielack) Griffith, IN...?

Norm...

Yep.  Back in the day, Griffith was a great place to watch trains and really busy, too.  My Dad took me there once back in '75.  The neatest thing was the public street that ran right through the whole mess.  No getting chased away by the cops...    

- -pat moore #1719

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From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
>
> To flesh out Henry's info a bit:
> EL and C&O of Indiana had joint trackage between State Line and Giffith, 
> where the latter's track diverged to the north. The lines crossed 40 miles 
> to the east at N Judson, with C&O veering southeast toward Cincinnati. N 
> Judson was a similar hotspot crossing of four lines, the other two being the 
> PRR Panhandle route and NYC's Kankakee Belt. In the late 60's, the KB saw 
> increased use by NYC and then PC as a Chicago bypass to reach the ATSF at 
> Streator and the Rock Island at Depue, IL, while the Panhandle saw 
> significant traffic loss during the PC years. Under the proposed merger of 
> the J into CNNA, Griffith would become an important connection between the 
> former GTW and the J, which CNNA wants to use as a connector for its Chicago 
> routes.
> 
> Paul B
> 
> From: "Norman Weiler" <nweiler_@_ptd.net>
> Subject: (erielack) Griffith, IN...?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Looking at this slide of Griffith, IN...
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370056640101
> 
> was this a junction of 3 different railroad double track main's?  What a 
> great spot to railfan! Is this still a good spot, or are most of these 
> tracks gone today?
> 
> Thanks,
> Norm
> 
> There's still a double track crossing there, but the Erie is gone as is the
> C&O and NYC/MC. The GTW/CN and the EJ&E are still there. There's still 
> traffic
> there, but not like it once was. There are stubs off the EJ&E  that are a
> little less than a mile long each of the Erie to the northwest and the C&O 
> to
> the southeast, left to service commercial customers.
> 
> I have attached an annotated Google Earth image.
> 
> Henry
> 
> 
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> 
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