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EJ&E Heritage Unit at South Bend now. Coming east on #492 leading.

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Spotted in BC yard still as of 3:35.

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This should've been in the Heads Up forums...
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GTW wrote:
Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:54 am
EJ&E Heritage Unit at South Bend now. Coming east on #492 leading.
Coming into South Bend...

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Cassopolis

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J T wrote:
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:25 pm
Cassopolis

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Great shot! Are you another one of those guys with a "portable overpass"/extra tall tripod? I think that's gonna need to be my next investment...

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mjotrainbrain wrote:
Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:06 pm
Great shot! Are you another one of those guys with a "portable overpass"/extra tall tripod? I think that's gonna need to be my next investment...
J_T is known to climb trees to get that great angle 8)
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Great picture behind the old depot.

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mjotrainbrain wrote:
Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:06 pm
Great shot! Are you another one of those guys with a "portable overpass"/extra tall tripod? I think that's gonna need to be my next investment...
Another one? I think I'm the only one. :D
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Remember the guy that had a step ladder semi-permanently mounted in the bed of his pick-up truck?
I wonder if he had measured how much clearance he needed to go under obstacles safely?
IIRC, he was the subject of an article in Trains magazine many years ago.

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Cassopolis

Awesome Shot JT
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Just for info, back by the silos is where the Jackson to Niles line crossed. Just east of Three Rivers was where they diverted to Elkhart later.

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A No.1 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:06 pm

Awesome Shot JT
Thanks, buddy.
Super Chief wrote:
Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:56 am
Just for info, back by the silos is where the Jackson to Niles line crossed. Just east of Three Rivers was where they diverted to Elkhart later.
Thanks for the info. I wondered what that ROW was as we drove into town from the west.
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Super Chief wrote:
Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:56 am
Just for info, back by the silos is where the Jackson to Niles line crossed. Just east of Three Rivers was where they diverted to Elkhart later.
So where did this branch go off to on the northeast side of Niles? Looks like it may have crossed the existing line, but I see no evidence of a ROW beyond it to the northwest.
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J T wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:45 am
Super Chief wrote:
Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:56 am
Just for info, back by the silos is where the Jackson to Niles line crossed. Just east of Three Rivers was where they diverted to Elkhart later.
So where did this branch go off to on the northeast side of Niles? Looks like it may have crossed the existing line, but I see no evidence of a ROW beyond it to the northwest.

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If you look closely, it appears to have curved to the southwest and joined what is now the AML.
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It didn't continue to the northeast, it curved into the north end of the Niles yard. It was the Air Line Jct branch to a connection to the Michigan Air Line. I believe at one time traffic moved only eastbound on the Air Line and both ways on the MC Main.

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Jim_c wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:43 am
J T wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:45 am
Super Chief wrote:
Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:56 am
Just for info, back by the silos is where the Jackson to Niles line crossed. Just east of Three Rivers was where they diverted to Elkhart later.
So where did this branch go off to on the northeast side of Niles? Looks like it may have crossed the existing line, but I see no evidence of a ROW beyond it to the northwest.

niles.jpg
If you look closely, it appears to have curved to the southwest and joined what is now the AML.
So it connected in the same direction of the line it came off of? What was the benefit of that?
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J T wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:35 pm
Jim_c wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:43 am
J T wrote:
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So where did this branch go off to on the northeast side of Niles? Looks like it may have crossed the existing line, but I see no evidence of a ROW beyond it to the northwest.

niles.jpg
If you look closely, it appears to have curved to the southwest and joined what is now the AML.
So it connected in the same direction of the line it came off of? What was the benefit of that?
After reading Tim's comment, it probably avoided having to back trains in and out of the yard, It looks like the Air Line main hit the MC pretty close to downtown.
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Jim_c wrote:
Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:50 am

After reading Tim's comment, it probably avoided having to back trains in and out of the yard, It looks like the Air Line main hit the MC pretty close to downtown.
That makes sense.
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Niles was a busy place. The line from Cassopolis followed M-60 then curved northwest into the yard, you had the Notre Dame branch which ran down a street behind the Taco Bell and joined the main at the depot ( the Amtrak maintence building now). Also the Big 4 from Goshen thru Granger going under the bridge west of the Niles depot on its route to St. Joesph Michigan. Just lots of abandoned ROWS to be explored.

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