Amtrak E8A #201

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tim Huemmer	General	Wow that's some junky looking track, what line was it on?	2/27/2006 4:37:02 PM

Brent Jackson	General	Probably Peen Central. Amtrak had a lot of problems trying to run trains through Indiana in 1974 and 1975, to the point they moved right off PC lines in favou of the C&O and L&N.	2/28/2006 9:55:42 AM

Mike Woodruff	General	Correct, except that this is on the C&O route, albeit on C&WI trackage (shared with EL at this point). In the early '70s, there was an awful lot of track like this throughout the industry.	2/28/2006 6:58:12 PM

Zach Pumphery	General	This was the "Bad Track Decade", and then ya had the Rock Island.	3/1/2006 8:50:37 AM

Brent Jackson	General	So, this is on the C&O, huh? In October 1974, wouldn't that be Chessie by then? The original Chessie System merger was in 1973. But either way, its no wonder Amtrak had to take over passenger service, the train looks as bad as the tracks! And how many lines went into bankruptcy in the 70s, Penn Central, EL, B&M, Rock Island, Milwalkee Road.....	3/2/2006 3:37:24 PM

Bob Lalich	General	The train is WB on EL trackage, about to enter the interlocking plant at State Line, at which point ownership of trackage changed to C&WI. The long lens makes the track appear worse than it actually was.	1/13/2008 8:41:35 AM

Eric Berg	General	...and its hard to tell anyway, cosidering state line had what? 15 or 20 rail line lines runnin through it? And about 200 miles of pipeline? What a disaster area, good for train watching though!!	3/16/2010 3:00:35 AM

Wayne Hudak	General	To Brent Jackson, i still call the rail line from Porter, IN to Hammond, IN the Michigan Central! CSX through Portage, IN is STILL the B&O! [to me] haha	5/10/2010 12:49:11 AM

Ron Moraca	General	CRIKEY!!!!!! HOW I HATED THOSE AMTRAK PHASE I BLOODY NOSES, KIM!!!! KILLER SHOT!!!!!!	5/11/2011 2:31:26 AM

Chris Lubinski	General	Nice photo! I believe the camera has made the track look worse but those jointed rail '70's and deferred maint. produced some bad track we hope never to see again!	11/27/2012 9:11:24 AM

Amtrak E8A #201
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency
Date: 10/1/1974	Location: State Line Crossing, IN	Views: 1711	Collection Of: Kim Piersol
Locomotives: AMTK 201(E8A) BO 1457(E9A) AMTK 203(E8A)			Author: Kim Piersol

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: KEP35mm1

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