And it's a sad ending at that. The ghost of a once unique outfit is scheduled to become a 'rails-to-trails' operation by December, or early next year when the roadbed is paved.
Cy worked with many men who were very familiar with this line. The last prior right* man remaining retired less than a year ago. Cy heard many a story related to this route. Two of Cy's children live in Hamilton County. That's all.
*He didn't get fenced in by his prior rights.
jonnycantdo said
11:33 AM, 09/17/19
It pains me to see the tracks that people earned they livelihood taken out.....
Uke said
12:00 PM, 09/17/19
Grabbed this pic of Cy* switching out a few cars back in his learning daze somewhere in the Fort. Maybe*
Snippy said
12:53 PM, 09/17/19
He was still hand firing a yard goat on the Red Team. They hadn't merged yet.
Uke said
1:38 PM, 09/17/19
Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?
Snippy said
1:45 PM, 09/17/19
Uke wrote:
Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?
He probably sassed the hogger and Zebediah Ezekiel is passively-aggressively showing the new guy how tu shovel a bit harder.
Calvin said
2:04 PM, 09/17/19
Snippy wrote:
Uke wrote:
Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?
He probably sassed the hogger and Zebediah Ezekiel is passively-aggressively showing the new guy how tu shovel a bit harder.
Zebediah grabbed that old reverse lever and told the fireboy he better tie a 2 X 4 across his ass before he got sucked into the firebox.
-- Edited by Calvin on Tuesday 17th of September 2019 02:05:51 PM
Cy Valley said
2:50 PM, 09/17/19
Snippy wrote:
He was still hand firing a yard goat on the Red Team. They hadn't merged yet.
Looks like the merger had gone down, look at that coach visible in the background.
And it's a sad ending at that. The ghost of a once unique outfit is scheduled to become a 'rails-to-trails' operation by December, or early next year when the roadbed is paved.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2019/08/21/nickel-plate-railroad-line-removal-begins-crews-rip-up-tracks-fishers/2071159001/
Cy worked with many men who were very familiar with this line. The last prior right* man remaining retired less than a year ago. Cy heard many a story related to this route. Two of Cy's children live in Hamilton County. That's all.
*He didn't get fenced in by his prior rights.
Grabbed this pic of Cy* switching out a few cars back in his learning daze somewhere in the Fort. Maybe*
Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?
He probably sassed the hogger and Zebediah Ezekiel is passively-aggressively showing the new guy how tu shovel a bit harder.
Zebediah grabbed that old reverse lever and told the fireboy he better tie a 2 X 4 across his ass before he got sucked into the firebox.
-- Edited by Calvin on Tuesday 17th of September 2019 02:05:51 PM
Looks like the merger had gone down, look at that coach visible in the background.