Tadman wrote:One of those ex-N&W coaches, used both on the Orland Park train and the Valpo train, is parked on a now-isolated track in Wakarusa, IN. It was just off the Wabash mainWhere in Wakarusa???
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Tadman wrote:One of those ex-N&W coaches, used both on the Orland Park train and the Valpo train, is parked on a now-isolated track in Wakarusa, IN. It was just off the Wabash mainWhere in Wakarusa???
SlowFreight wrote:Otto, we should smack you for not following your own advice involving search engines...but you get a pass because I like the Valpo Dummy...Sometimes I suck at life. Thanks for the links and the follow-up info.
SlowFreight wrote:One has to wonder if we would have seen more development along the Dummy's corridor if it had stuck around. Not that the far south suburbs wouldn't have grown, but it might have made the lakefront more attractive.The lakefront has the South Shore ... although west of Gary the line gets further away from the shoreline and the Dummy stayed close. The former Dummy route seems to be developed ... mostly industrial with a few casinos.
SlowFreight wrote:One has to wonder if we would have seen more development along the Dummy's corridor if it had stuck around. Not that the far south suburbs wouldn't have grown, but it might have made the lakefront more attractive.Lakefront? I doubt it. Wheeler would no doubt have some subdivisions built there, along with maybe a little bit more in Valpo.