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

The EJE and Nickelplate 624 yahoo groups, to which I cross posted the 
picture album URL, are railing in delight! many thanks for posting this web 
addy!

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From: <pat.moore_@_att.net>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: 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
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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