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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/



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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.



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It pains me to see the tracks that people earned they livelihood taken out.....

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Grabbed this pic of Cy* switching out a few cars back in his learning daze somewhere in the Fort. Maybe*

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He was still hand firing a yard goat on the Red Team. They hadn't merged yet.

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Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?

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Uke wrote:

Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?

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 He probably sassed the hogger and Zebediah Ezekiel is passively-aggressively showing the new guy how tu shovel a bit harder.



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Snippy wrote:
Uke wrote:

Cy's hand firing seems just a tad over zealous eh?

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 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

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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.



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