Logo
 
 
12/26/2024
View Photos
Members
 
 
 
 
Viewing Album:  Midwest Railroading, circa 1979
 
By:Rob Sartain
Dates:1/1/1977 - 12/31/1984
Album Info:This album provides some examples of railroading around Terre Haute, Indiana, between 1977 and 1984. Included are some photos around Chicago and Indianapolis as well. You'll find locomotives including SD45s, GE U-Boats, as well as older Alcos and locations including manned interlocking towers.
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
SD38s work the hump at Avon
Title:  SD38s work the hump at Avon
Description:  A pair of SD38s in hump duty at Avon Yard. Photo date approximate
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/4/2012 1:44:44 PM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6940(SD38)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
Idling at East Yards
Title:  Idling at East Yards
Description:  PC SW7 #9085 idles at East Yards. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/30/1976  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 3:58:02 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9085(SW7)
Views:  520   Comments: 1
Conrail SD45 6178
Title:  Conrail SD45 6178
Description:  Conrail SD45 6178 and an ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45 haul a Conrail westbound across the Milwaukee Road diamond at Preston Tower under dark skies as operator Charlie Malone rolls the train by. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 6:04:47 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6178(SD45)
Views:  898   Comments: 1
Train orders at Preston!
Title:  Train orders at Preston!
Description:  The late afternoon shadows grow long as the engineer of Conrail GP35 2301 picks up train orders at Preston Tower. Photo date approvixmate.
Photo Date:  7/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 2:58:26 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2301(GP35)
Views:  527   Comments: 1025
MILW 610MIL
Title:  MILW 610MIL
Description:  W SW1200 #610 at the Van Yard, Terre Haute, IN. Photo date approximate. The Indiana Rail Road oas a nice facility there today (in 2010).
Photo Date:  7/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/28/2010 6:19:32 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 610(SW1200)
Views:  760   Comments: 3
Shiny reefer!
Title:  Shiny reefer!
Description:  SPFE westbound in a Conrail manifest, CP-Ringo. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  7/15/1977  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 3:32:57 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  450   Comments: 0
Conrail Avon engine house
Title:  Conrail Avon engine house
Description:  Conrail GP7 5921, all shiny, GP38-2 8066 and others at Avon Yards. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  1/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 2:16:05 PM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 5921(GP7) CR 8066(GP38-2)
Views:  764   Comments: 0
Hump service at Avon
Title:  Hump service at Avon
Description:  Conrail SD38s 6943 and 6942 work the hump at Avon Yard, outside Indianapolis. Photo date approximate
Photo Date:  1/15/1978  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 3:52:24 PM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6942(SD38) CR 6943(SD38)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
Westbound at Preston
Title:  Westbound at Preston
Description:  CR B23-7 2813 takes a westbound over the Milwaukee Road diamond at Preston Tower as operator Charlie Malone observes. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  5/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/2/2010 11:29:40 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2813(B23-7)
Views:  1108   Comments: 9
CR GP40 3021
Title:  CR GP40 3021
Description:  Conrail GP40 3021 drags a westbound manifest across the Milwaukee Road diamond at Conrail Preston Tower as operator Charlie Malone watches. Photo date approximate
Photo Date:  5/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 6:14:03 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3021(GP40)
Views:  467   Comments: 1
Milwaukee Road 773
Title:  Milwaukee Road 773
Description:  Milwaukee Road H-10-44 773 sits in a deadline with other Fairbanks-Morse engines and some F units at Van Yard. Photo date approximate. Sorry about the ink on the print.
Photo Date:  5/25/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 6:25:55 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 773(H10-44)
Views:  472   Comments: 2
Espee on Conrail
Title:  Espee on Conrail
Description:  SP U33C 8689 takes a Conrail westbound past Preston Tower. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  5/30/1978  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 8:55:03 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8689(U33C)
Views:  569   Comments: 1
Espee westbound at Haley Tower
Title:  Espee westbound at Haley Tower
Description:  Two SP units lead a Conrail westbound (probably an INCB) past the L&N crossing at Haley Tower. Photo date approximate
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 7/13/2012 7:55:42 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9192(SD45T-2) SP 8416(SD40)
Views:  1145   Comments: 1
Precision National leasor
Title:  Precision National leasor
Description:  The rebuilt Geep on a lease to Conrail at"Conrails Avon Yards. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 4:03:04 PM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PNCX 1702(GP9) CR 7705(GP38)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
Train orders at Haley!
Title:  Train orders at Haley!
Description:  Haley Tower operator Clee J. Sprague hands train orders up to the head end of an L&N southbound crossing the Conrail tracks. Photo date approximate
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 4:06:50 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 494(GP7)
Views:  895   Comments: 1
CTC machine, Limedale Tower
Title:  CTC machine, Limedale Tower
Description:  One of the world's first CTC machines, Limedale Tower, Conrail ex PC nee PRR.
Photo Date:  10/16/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:22:52 AM
Location:  Limedale, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  557   Comments: 0
CTC machine, Limedale Tower
Title:  CTC machine, Limedale Tower
Description:  One of the world's first CTC machines, Limedale Tower, Conrail, ex-PC, nee-PRR
Photo Date:  10/16/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:24:20 AM
Location:  Limedale, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  470   Comments: 0
Conrail Midland Tower
Title:  Conrail Midland Tower
Description:  Midland Tower stood at the junction of the mainline Davis-Lenox and the Cairo Branch
Photo Date:  12/16/1978  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 3:28:02 PM
Location:  Paris, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  463   Comments: 0
We were never that young
Title:  We were never that young
Description:  Neither the author nor the GP38 were ever that young. CR GP38 7688 at Midland Yards. Photo by Carl C. Sartain.
Photo Date:  12/16/1978  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 8:29:05 PM
Location:  Paris, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7688(GP38)
Views:  2833   Comments: 7
L&N C&EI Subdivision dispatcher
Title:  L&N C&EI Subdivision dispatcher
Description:  The L&N C&EI Subdivision dispatchers' office, Howell Yards.
Photo Date:  2/24/1979  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 3:49:25 PM
Location:  Evansville, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  448   Comments: 1
L&N C&EI Subdivision dispatcher's board
Title:  L&N C&EI Subdivision dispatcher's board
Description:  Close-up of the L&N's C&EI Subdivision dispatcher's board, showing Sullivan, the power plant spur at Breed, Spring Hill crossing, Baker Yard, the Haley Tower crossing and Dewey crossing and siding.
Photo Date:  2/24/1979  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 3:59:12 PM
Location:  Evansville, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Amtrak Beech Grove switcher
Title:  Amtrak Beech Grove switcher
Description:  Amtrak Beech Grove switcher #7
Photo Date:  4/13/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 7:07:30 PM
Location:  Beech Grove, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 7(45Tonner)
Views:  2619   Comments: 0
CR 9607
Title:  CR 9607
Description:  CR SW1500 #9607 idles at Avon Yard
Photo Date:  4/13/1979  Upload Date: 8/28/2010 2:38:22 PM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9607(SW1500)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
L&N Alco C630 1425
Title:  L&N Alco C630 1425
Description:  Alco C630 #1425 southbound at Haley Tower. Within a year she would be retired, traded in on an order of SD40-2s and scrapped at Pielet Bros.
Photo Date:  7/22/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 8:35:18 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1425(C630)
Views:  1367   Comments: 2
Conrail TV-5 westbound at Haley Tower
Title:  Conrail TV-5 westbound at Haley Tower
Description:  Conrail GP40-2s 3312 and 3325 speed the TV-5 trailer train westbound at Haley Tower
Photo Date:  9/2/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 7:57:13 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3312(GP40-2) CR 3325(GP40-2)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
Conrail TV5 trailer train
Title:  Conrail TV5 trailer train
Description:  Conrail GP40-2 3317 and 3325 speed the TV5 trailer train west through the Haley Tower interlocking.
Photo Date:  9/2/1979  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 4:14:46 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3317(GP40-2) CR 3325(GP40-2)
Views:  810   Comments: 1
The final westbound run of the National Limited
Title:  The final westbound run of the National Limited
Description:  F40PH #264 leads the final westbound run of the National Limited. I caught the train west to Effingham and then the eastbound run back to Terre Haute. Sorry about the passengers in the pic. It was a crowded platform.
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 5:38:58 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 264(F40PHR)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
Smokin!
Title:  Smokin!
Description:  Conrail GP40-2 3338 leads U23B 2748 on the INCB-0 when the U Boat's fuel pump quit.
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 11:55:55 AM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3338(GP40-2) CR 2748(U23B)
Views:  1096   Comments: 9
Southbound manifest freight
Title:  Southbound manifest freight
Description:  A rebuilt Geep on the point of a freight southbound past the Effingham station
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 4:07:35 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  ICG 8007(GP10) ICG 9567(GP38-2)
Views:  741   Comments: 0
One shiny Geep rebuild!
Title:  One shiny Geep rebuild!
Description:  That big billboard paint scheme looks great.
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 7/13/2012 8:05:29 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 8128(GP10)
Views:  668   Comments: 2
The T visits Conrail
Title:  The T visits Conrail
Description:  Shiny rebuilt FP10 on Conrail property for the trip back to Boston.
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 4:33:23 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MBTA 1114(FP10)
Views:  518   Comments: 1
The T visits Conrail
Title:  The T visits Conrail
Description:  Shiny rebuilt FP10 on Conrail property on the way home to Boston.
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 4:35:38 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  MBTA 1114(FP10)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
L&N GP30 1038
Title:  L&N GP30 1038
Description:  L&N GP30 1038 helps power train 791 southbound through the Haley Tower interlocking.
Photo Date:  10/22/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 11:48:25 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1038(GP30) LN 4024(GP38AC)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
Conrail SD40-2 6499
Title:  Conrail SD40-2 6499
Description:  Conrail SD40-2 in PIAS-6 at Haley Tower
Photo Date:  11/26/1979  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 3:07:49 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6499(SD40-2)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
Conrail DX Tower
Title:  Conrail DX Tower
Description:  DX Tower was located at the crossing of the CR Cleveland-Indy mainline (ex Big Four) and the Belt Running track (Indianapolis Union Railway).
Photo Date:  12/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/4/2012 1:39:53 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Conrail Limedale Tower
Title:  Conrail Limedale Tower
Description:  Conrail Limedale Tower, home of one of the world's first CTC machines, nee PRR.
Photo Date:  1/4/1980  Upload Date: 9/7/2010 6:14:08 PM
Location:  Limedale, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Wabash River Bridge
Title:  Wabash River Bridge
Description:  CR INCB-2 westbound over the Wabash River bridge of the old NYC mainline. Photo taken from the old PRR mainline bridge.
Photo Date:  1/12/1980  Upload Date: 9/2/2010 11:38:54 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  490   Comments: 1
CR SD45 6102
Title:  CR SD45 6102
Description:  Conrail SD45s 6102, still in her ex-Reading paint, and 6136 on the point of the INFR-8 westbound through CP Ringo.
Photo Date:  1/18/1980  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 11:12:48 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6102(SD45) CR 6136(SD45)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
Westbound takes the home signal
Title:  Westbound takes the home signal
Description:  ICG westbound crossing the L&N diamond.
Photo Date:  3/8/1980  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 3:38:30 PM
Location:  Sullivan, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  ICG 8090(GP10) ICG 8133(GP10)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
L&N U25C 1503
Title:  L&N U25C 1503
Description:  L&N U25C 1503 and/SD40 1247 power a northbound outside Conrail Union Tower. Photo date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 3:36:29 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1503(U25C) LN 1247(SD40)
Views:  860   Comments: 0
CR INIC-2 at Haley
Title:  CR INIC-2 at Haley
Description:  CR C30-7 6602 leads the INIC-2 westbound at Haley Tower
Photo Date:  3/22/1980  Upload Date: 9/2/2010 11:19:17 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6602(C30-7) CR 6203(SD45) CR 6606(C30-7)
Views:  810   Comments: 1
Clear board westbound!
Title:  Clear board westbound!
Description:  The operator at Union Tower in Terre Hau~e has given a clear signal westbound on Conrail #2 track
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 4:20:43 PM
Location:  Casey, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  309   Comments: 0
Conrail B23-7 at Teutopolis, IL
Title:  Conrail B23-7 at Teutopolis, IL
Description:  CR B23-7 #1992 leads the SLSE-1 eastbound past the hotbox detectors at Teutopolis, IL
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/28/2010 2:24:16 PM
Location:  Teutopolis, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 1992(B23-7)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
CR U25B 2559
Title:  CR U25B 2559
Description:  CR 25B 2559 in the consist of ballast extra BALX-1 at East Effingham
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:02:47 AM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2559(U25B) CR 6343(SD40)
Views:  539   Comments: 1
CR U25B 2559
Title:  CR U25B 2559
Description:  Conrail U25B 2559 in ballast extra BALX-1, East Effingham. Someone needs a bath! :-)
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:04:29 AM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2559(U25B) CR 6160(SD45)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
CR 6160
Title:  CR 6160
Description:  Conrail SD45 6160 on the point of BALX-1, a ballast extra, at East Effingham, IL
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 9/2/2010 11:57:04 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6160(SD45) CR 2559(U25B) CR 6343(SD40)
Views:  655   Comments: 1
CR SD40 6343
Title:  CR SD40 6343
Description:  CR SD40 6343 in ballast extra BALX-1, East Effingham. Shiny.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:06:55 AM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6343(SD40) CR 2559(U25B)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
The Amtrak station and train order depot
Title:  The Amtrak station and train order depot
Description:  Looking southeast across the Conrail and ICG double diamond
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/13/2012 9:02:29 PM
Location:  Effingham, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  199   Comments: 0
CR SW7 # 8921
Title:  CR SW7 # 8921
Description:  CR SW7 # 8921 at East Yards, Terre Haute, IN
Photo Date:  4/8/1980  Upload Date: 8/28/2010 2:29:54 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 8921(SW7)
Views:  428   Comments: 3
Espee on the Conrail
Title:  Espee on the Conrail
Description:  SP B30-7 7879 and sister 7836 take Conrail train INCB-6 westbound past Haley Tower.
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 8:42:21 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7879(B30-7) SP 7836(B30-7)
Views:  440   Comments: 1

Page 1 of 2
1 2 Next->

Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors		   Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net