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| Author: | Trainzguy2472 [ Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
Still working on this research project to document Purdue University's railroading heritage. Does anyone know when the railroad spur through campus that served the north power plant was closed? Purdue had a Whitcomb 44 tonner and GE 45 tonner. Does anyone know when these two were bought and when they left Purdue? Thanks. Last one's a long shot: I recently discovered that Purdue had a small electric powered locomotive crane (I think it was a Brownhoist) from 1925-1945. Are there any pictures of this crane out there? |
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| Author: | John T [ Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 831&type=3 GE C/N 15156 45T D/E B-B Std 33” 300hp Cum HBI-600 (2) 2/16/1942 US Army #7066, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Baldwin, Ark US Army #7066, Maumelle Ordnance Works, Little Rock, Ark Purdue, University, W Lafayette, Ind ? ? ? , Bloomington, Ind Kokomo Grain, Kokomo, Ind http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3265318 Whitcomb C/N 60037 10/1940 B-B Std 44DE8 44T 382hp Milwaukee Road #1699 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind D. Joseph Co., Beech Grove, Ind by 09-74 Scrapped https://www.flickr.com/photos/rewsry1754/23977101322/ Cranes Orton & Steinbrenner 1923 18 tons Electric Orton C/N 44596 1945 20 tons Gas Purdue University Purdue, IN (converted to Diesel 1960) Hoosier Valley RR Museum North Judson, IN 08-92 http://www.rgusrail.com/album/inhvrm/pu ... ane_04.jpg Orton C/N ? 1961 Diesel Purdue University #4 Purdue, IN Indiana Transportation Museum Nobilsville, IN Schlatter Brothers Francesville, IN 10-19 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1400230 |
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| Author: | Trainzguy2472 [ Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
Thanks for the info. By the way, your link for the Whitcomb diesel is broken. |
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| Author: | Overmod [ Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
Judging by the picture of the 45-tonner, the "? ? ?" is probably Indiana University Bloomington. Might be interesting to trace how the locomotive moved from one university to the other... and why in service at Kokomo it had the university initials still on the cab. I don't know how to trace users on Flickr, but it might be possible, if any data in the link are incorrect, to find the person who put the image up and see if there's an updated version... |
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| Author: | John T [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
The GE was still at Kokomo in 2020. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5357948 |
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| Author: | John T [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Closure of Purdue Power Plant Railroad |
Now it looks like the red GE at Kokomo is not the Purdue loco. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ataindy/5508483066 This just muddies the water. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/744733/ |
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