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| These photos were taken by my father on the B&O tracks looking east near Lapaz Indiana circa 1930. I spent many hours playing on these tracks and watching many high speed passenger trains and freight drags at the end of the steam era. My grandfather worked as a telegrapher for the Pennsy and their house was a stones through from the B&O and Pennsy junction. My grandparents house would be just out of the picture on the left. The town of Lapaz would be at your back in this picture. | The building next to the loco was a restaurant and boarding house for the crews that my grandmother ran for a while. She was also a car inspector during the war. Down the track a half mile or so is the Pennsy crossing and B&O interlock tower is behind the trains. |
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The
flagman
is
on
the
siding
and
junction
tracks
that
lead
to
the
Pennsy.
line
which
crosses
the
B&O
a
half
mile
down
the
tracks.
It
looks
like
they
are
getting
ready
to
set
out
some
cars.
I was lucky enough to spend time with Grandpa at work on his shift a few times at the Pennsy/Wabash junction in Lakeville IN. Just Diesel at that time there. That couldn't happen now in these day.
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| In the background you can make out the coaling tower | |