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The B&O in Southern Indiana—Part Three

This is the third of three posts showing some images I took along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Southern Indiana back in 1976. This is a line that stretches between Cincinnati and St. Louis; while the line was busy and fast back then, currently it is rarely used, perhaps for local service, at best, wonderful signals covered in rust. Here we will see two trains, both with B&O GP30s on point, originate out of Washington, Indiana, a division point, and head west.

In the first image we see a train with 6973 on the lead. This was taken at the west end of the yard in Washington as the train is getting ready to depart. In the second we have jumped west so we can see the train at speed—two and a half miles west of Wheatland, Indiana, at MP 179.

And now we have three more pictures of our second train out of Washington, this with GP30 number 6915 on the point (built in 1962). First, we see it at a classic set of color position lights, near Wheatland, and then twice more, after we catch up with it, in downtown Vincennes, Indiana.

Five images by Richard Koenig; taken March 7th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

The B&O in Southern Indiana—Part Two

This is the second of three posts showing some images I took along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Southern Indiana back in 1976. This is a line that stretches between Cincinnati and St. Louis; while the line was busy back then, currently it is rarely used, perhaps for local service, at best.

The first image in this sequence has our westbound train at Montgomery, Indiana. All of the remaining ones were taken in Washington—which is a division point on the line. We first see the train at 5th Street as it pulls through town. After that we see it from Crosby Street at the west side of town. And in the final two image we see where the first train has backed into the yard alongside a second train, which will head west directly.

The lead unit on this new train, B&O 6973, is an EMD GP30 built in January of 1963. See my previous post for information on the motive power leading the first train. Five images by Richard Koenig; taken March 7th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

The B&O in Southern Indiana—Part Three

This is the third of three posts showing some images I took along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Southern Indiana back in 1976. This is a line that stretches between Cincinnati and St. Louis; while the line was busy and fast back then, currently it is rarely used, perhaps for local service, at best, wonderful signals covered in rust. Here we will see two trains, both with B&O GP30s on point, originate out of Washington, Indiana, a division point, and head west.

In the first image we see a train with 6973 on the lead. This was taken at the west end of the yard in Washington as the train is getting ready to depart. In the second we have jumped west so we can see the train at speed—two and a half miles west of Wheatland, Indiana, at MP 179.

And now we have three more pictures of our second train out of Washington, this with GP30 number 6915 on the point (built in 1962). First, we see it at a classic set of color position lights, near Wheatland, and then twice more, after we catch up with it, in downtown Vincennes, Indiana.

Five images by Richard Koenig; taken March 7th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

The B&O in Southern Indiana—Part Two

This is the second of three posts showing some images I took along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Southern Indiana back in 1976. This is a line that stretches between Cincinnati and St. Louis; while the line was busy back then, currently it is rarely used, perhaps for local service, at best.

The first image in this sequence has our westbound train at Montgomery, Indiana. All of the remaining ones were taken in Washington—which is a division point on the line. We first see the train at 5th Street as it pulls through town. After that we see it from Crosby Street at the west side of town. And in the final two image we see where the first train has backed into the yard alongside a second train, which will head west directly.

The lead unit on this new train, B&O 6973, is an EMD GP30 built in January of 1963. See my previous post for information on the motive power leading the first train. Five images by Richard Koenig; taken March 7th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

Washington, Indiana

Here we see a yard job at what I believe is the Washington, Indiana, yard. One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken February 28th 1976.