What you saw was the Calcutta coal loadout, now shut down.
For a while, Conrail had a contract to move coal from that loader to the
IP&L Perry K steam plant in downtown Indianapolis. The contract went away,
and that was it. They had a nifty little switcher there for several years
... can't remember if it was an Alco or not, but I think it was.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Bell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IllianaRR] What Place Is This?
>
>
> As I was coming home today from my trip out west I saw something that
> I
> had also seen last year but still haven't identified. Just south of the
> St.
> Louis line as it crosses Clay County Road 200E there is a private road
> going
> to the east. The end of the road has "no trespassing" signs so I didn't
> go
> back but about half a mile east of road 200E is what appears from a
> distance
> to be a switch tower. SPV's rail atlas doesn't show any spur at this
> point.
> Can someone please tell me what this thing is?
> Ralph Bell
> Cumberland, IN
>
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