Depot in Logansport Indiana - Trains Magazine

QUOTE: Originally posted by jdrjeep Logansport is indeed a shadow of it's former self, as are many other towns. Railamerica, and NS keep the flame for now. As for Rusting relics, IMHO most in Logan are gone. So little left, but at least I have the memories. Take Care, Jay

Jay, Thanks for the heads up.....For a town no bigger than Logansport is, you have quite a bit of rail legacy.

If I could ask you a few quick questions?

Just west of your downtown area there is a railline and bridge over the wabash, that ran south from a junction with the TP&W, down to Clymers, and beyond. I believe the old junction there was called "River", and I think it was former PRR "Vandalia"

Here is a picture of the bridge

When I first saw this bridge I suspected it was a CSX line, for obvious reasons, but learned that wasn't so.

A lot of that line is now the Winamac Southern, they've got the line down around the big grain elevators at Clymers, And they also have the old PRR between Kokomo and the yard at 18th Street in Logansport.

Are these two Winamac Southern Lines able to connect via the bridge pictured and the junction with TP&W, or does WSR have to depend on the NS to make them whole, between Clymers and 18th street?

I guess another way to ask the same question would be "is the bridge pictured still in use, or abandoned"?

Second question, west of the State hospital is some type of factory that is mining something via strip mines. What is the company name operating there? It looks almost like a gypsum plant (from terreserver)

Thanks in advance.