2014年10月5日 · On my trip back, when I spotted the Nickel Plate engine in Tipton, IN, I knew it was time to research the NKP when I got home. A system map shows that the NKP tracks were all over the northern half of Indiana.

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Bob Albert LE&W Notebook Bob Albert Notebooks LE&W Depot Tipton IN

Crossing the LE&W at Tipton, Indiana was a line that extended from Indianapolis to Michigan City, Indiana. This line became part of the LE&W on April 8, 1887. Built by the Peru & Indianapolis, which was incorporated in Indiana on January 19, 1846, this was the first and oldest trackage on the Nickel Plate System.

The Nickel Plate Archive is an activity of the Nickel Plate Historical and Technical Society This archive is provided free to the world with the goal of sharing our love of the NKP with the world.

2018年9月13日 · When I got home and did some research, I learned that Tipton was at the intersection of the east/west route and one of the north/south routes of the Lake Erie & Western, which was bought by NKP. According to a 2013 NS system map, the east/west route is still operated by NS. The route north of Tipton is owned by NS, but it is out of service.

I was driving westbound on Indiana State Road 28 during the evening of August 30, 2014, when I noticed a NKP engine setting next to a crossing in Tipton, IN. Fortunately, traffic was light, and I was able to quickly make a left-hand turn into a parking lot next to the tracks.

Crossing the LE&W at Tipton, Indiana was a line that extended from Indianapolis to Michigan City, Indiana. This line became part of the LE&W in April 1887. Built by the Peru & Indianapolis this was the oldest track on the Nickel Plate System. Another LE&W line extended from Fort Wayne, through Muncie to Connersville.

This archive is provided free to the world with the goal of sharing our love of the NKP with the world.