Ina is a small town on Rend Lake, just south of Mt. Vernon. A retired couple casts their lines as a Texas-bound Union Pacific train with all-MP blue on the point crosses the lake in April, 1985. At Benton, this train will head southwest for Gorham, where it will connect to the busy St. Louis-Texas…
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The design & layout of the book is now complete through Chapter Three! On to Chapter Four: Central Indiana. Chapter One covered Northeast Indiana from the Ohio & Michigan borders to Just east of South Bend and North Judson Chapter Two covered Northwest Indiana from South Bend & North Judson to the Illinois border. Chapter…
As Thanksgiving and the Christmas shopping season approaches, just a reminder that the 2nd run (MoPac cover) of this critically acclaimed hard-cover book is still available! 224 pages with over 500 all-color photos from 1946-1986. $48+$5 shipping. Contact Don Banwart, Sekan Printing, donald@sekan.com, or 620 223-5190, option 1 For a free, 18-page PDF preview, go…
UP + Rock Island, MP + ATSF or Southern? BN + SP? In the current September 2015 issue of TRAINS magazine, writer Dan Machalaba lists his top 13 railroad blunders of all time. Sitting at number 6 is Union Pacific’s failed bid to acquire the Rock Island. UP wanted to solidify its reach in to…