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Re: (erielack) Kingsland IN

For all those interested in information on the Indiana Kingsland station, I 
can provide Francis Parker's e-mail address--he said that he has rough 
dimensions, and he has an idea where the station went.  Anyone interested, 
please drop me an e-mail.


Ken B.

At 12:42 PM 7/31/01 -0500, Michael Dye wrote:
>Saturday, I drove to Kingsland, in order to try and find the foundation 
>and determine the dimensions of the Kingsland depot. Upon reaching the 
>site, I saw that the area that once contained "GS" tower has been 
>incorporated into a family's homelot and no sign remains. Towards the NS 
>tracks, signs can be seen of items left behind when L.B. Foster scrapped 
>the EL. A few spikes and scattered remnants of ties mark the former ROW 
>along with some little ballast that wasn't salvaged by someone (Also a 
>house along 224 has saved one of the telegraph pole tops (with insulators) 
>and has incorporated it into a mailbox at the roadside). On the other side 
>of the NS tracks, the former location of the depot is covered by a 
>ramshackle horse barn, an embankment and a pile of junk. This is all since 
>the last time I was there. Nothing remains of the foundation.
>
>Looking at the NS (NKP) tracks, while crossing over, one can see that the 
>status of the trackage has improved considerably from the EL/NKP days: 
>what once was a rickity single line, of questionable status that had an 
>interchange tie to the EL line, is now a much improved single track with a 
>passing siding (about 1/8 mile) N of EL main, good track and is very well 
>maintained. The reason was obvious as while I was trackside, a Triple 
>Crown train came from Ft. Wayne, headed for points south.
>
>I will attempt to find my copy of the Railroadians "And the Next Station 
>Will Be, Vol. 10" and deduce the depot length from that. It only has a 
>photo of the trackside of the depot, so I won't be able to
>determine the length of the ends. Sorry.
>
>Michael Dye ELHS #1516
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