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Chris Parker and I pulled up to the station in Knightstown and got out to start our pre trip picture taking.
The name of our railroad that we will be riding on the side of the station.
View of the train and Knightstown Station.
Our train sitting in front of the station.
Our locomotive GE 44 Toner 468. Our train has Open Car 758, Coach 7102 and Caboose with no number.
The rear of our train at the station.
A look at the rear of our train and the siding in front of the station. I went inside the station and meet our train crew. I checked out the gift shop and then met the passengers as they came into the station out of the rain. I checked in with Sarah before heading out to the train and took a seat in the Coach. Once everyone was boarded, we took off for Carthage. The train went south through Knightstown crossing US 40 as we made our way out of town. Despite the rain everyone was in good spirits. We crossed the farmlands before we passed under the PRR Bridge where we turned making a bee line south. We were going to do a Photo Runby at the Big Blue River Bridge but all the wet weather caused it to be cancelled. I went out into the covered open car for the crossing of the Big Blue River as the outside temperature was dropping rapidly.
The Big Blue River. I spotted Joe Harper taking video of our trip today.
Our engine pulling us almost to Carthage.
Welcome to Carthage.
Ex Penn Central Coach.
Another passenger car in storage at Carthage.
A grain elevator still stands in Carthage.
Pulling down the tracks as far as it is safe to do so.
This is as far as we pulled down. The engine then reversed pushing us back to a siding where it would run around us.
The engine is getting ready to run around our train in Carthage.
The engine has cut off.
It then ran by me.
Then pulled down to the switch.
It was now ready to go around the train and once it past my location, I reboarded the train.
A look back at our route as we headed north for Knightstown.
More views as we headed north.
Back under the ex Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge before we returned to Knightstown.
Our train passed the station as we headed as far north as we could.
We continued north at a slow pace.
The train passed the switch to the Knightstown siding.
We crossed another street before we came to a stop.
As we came to a stop you can see the sleet that was coming down since the temperature has dropped rapidly.
A view looking as far north as we could go. We returned to the Knightstown Station which had its platform covered with sleet. We said our goodbyes to everyone before I made a stop at the station. Chris Parker and I then drove north to Interstate 70 which took us into Indy stopping for dinner at a Steak and Shake. The shake was the best part of the dinner. We took I 70 west to I 465 to I 69 to Indiana 31 which we took into Noblesville. We got off of 31 and checked into the Quality Inn where I checked my E-mail before I headed to the room. It had been another great day of train riding and photography. Tomorrow the Indiana Transportation Museum Photo Freight but first a good night sleep.
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