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This is not an advertisement as I have nothing to gain by touting this. I do think that it is well worth the time and money. "What is Tom's 1938 Register? It is a collection of information, historical in nature, intended for model railroaders who wish to know more about the origins of...

I just put up 4 photos taken in the aftermath of the 1913 Flood. Although this is the Union Traction Co bridge and equipment, I feel that these are good enough to be seen. The destruction from this flood was devastating to railroads in Indiana. The photos were taken at the site of the bridge...

Here is a PC photo that I have just come by. It was taken down the road a piece at Carthage Indiana in Sept 1974. Carthage is now isolated trackage as it has been severed at both ends.

I have just added 66 photos taken in 1978 of Conrail and Southern to my Railroads of Madison County at http://madisonrails.railfan.net The link is on the main page.

The layout is in the basement. Here are a few pix to give you the feel.

I just want to let you know about a Power Point (slide show) presentation that I'll be giving Monday the 25th of February at the Madison County History Center in Anderson IN. It's entitled "The Railroads of Madison County" and revisits the railroads from the old days through NYC, PRR, NKP, CI...

1428 H-5 at Connersville IN ca1953 Note that this is a hand powered turntable Maurice Lewman Collection.

Express and lcl freight wait for the train at the Anderson Depot. Early 50s.

The Caboose in front of the Wabash depot. L-R Fred Van Noy, G .F. Witte. The hubcap on the cupola is to aid in finding the cab in the yards.

1954 Ron Stuckey Photo - Anderson NYC Passenger NYC Niagara 4-8-4 6005(?) leads a passenger train downtown Anderson

Let me tell you of a Train Exhibit at the Madison County (Indiana) Historical Society. It is open on Monday and Wednesday from 10 to 4, Friday from 10 to 6 and Saturday from 10 to 2. The exhibit shows photos of traction, the Central Indiana depots and rail history (NYC and PRR). There is...

NYC 2872 4-8-2 Mohawk pulls past BN tower at Bellefontaine.

A temporary bridge over the Whitewater River in 1913.

The weather was bad, and I didn't get a real good look, but here is Ferromex 4644, a new ES44AC in South Anderson Yard.

The East Central Indiana Railroad These and many more photos can be found on http://cid.railfan.net/eci_new.html

KCS 4612, an AC4400CW, at 32nd Street Westbound. Unfortunately, the second, third and fourth units would also have made good photos, but they train was moving too fast. These and many more photos can be found on http://madisonrails.railfan.net

Here is the NKP 587 that I caught at Alexandria Indiana on June 29, 1991 as it leads an excursion train. The 587 served the Nickel Plate for years, retired to an Indianapolis park, was returned to steam by the Indiana Transportation Museum and is currently out of service at the museum. She...

I did some slide cataloging work for a local county historical society when I was shown three boxes of O scale traction models that they had been given. Most of the models in the boxes were never finished and could easily be called parts. However, there were a number that had been completed but...

Railroad wise, how fortunate we are here in Central Indiana. This weekend I went to Cleveland Ohio and back. Going, I went via Dayton and Columbus and up and returning, I came down to Mansfield and across US30 to I-69 and down. In all that time, I never even heard a train and saw only one parked...

Just a reminder about the NMRA Scratchbuild Showcase/Kitbash Korner on the NMRA web site at: http://www.nmra.org/ (scroll down the home page toward the bottom). This is a photo album with short descriptions of various projects that modelers have put together. There are a number of neat...