Penn Central
Crawfordsville Secondary Track
(Southwest Division)
Timeline
April 7, 1952 - General Order 115, Effective 8:01 am
Colfax Interlocking Home Signal changed to Position Light.
Westward Movement:
Stop Signal - Rule 292A
Clear Block - Rule 280A
Permissive Block - Rule 289A
Restricting - Rule 290A
Eastward Movement
Stop Signal - Rule 292A
Clear Block - Rule 280A
Permissive Block - Rule 289A
Eastward Movement to Siding:
Stop Signal - Rule 292B
Restricting - Rule 290B
September 28, 1952 - General Order 301, Effective 12:01 am
Colfax in service part time, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm Daily.
October 2, 1952 - General Order 302, Effective 10:01 am
Facing hand - operating switch for westward movements in Secondary Track to Ohio Oil Co., 8 feet West of MP 17, out of service.
October 20, 1952 - General Order 303, Effective 7:01 am
Colfax Interlocking and Block Station in service continuously.
April 8, 1953 - General Order 317, Effective 7:01 am
Midway: Storage track from a point 1250 feet east of switch to end of track out of service.
October 29, 1967 - General Order 701, Effective 3:01 am EST, 2:01 am CST
Rockville: Trains and Engines must not exceed a speed of 10 MPH over S.R. 36, first street crossing north of station, account track condition.
October 1, 1973 - General order 606, Effective 12:01 am
Track Abandonments
Between MP 4.0, near Dewey, and MP 5.87, near Otter Creek Jct., a distance of 1.87 miles, in Vigo County.
Between MP 5.87, near Otter Creek Jct., and MP 23.30, near Rockville, a distance of 17.43 miles, in Vigo and Parke Counties.
Between MP 52.0 at Crawfordsville, and MP 68.09, near Colfax, a distance of 14.46 miles, in Montgomery, Boone, and Clinton Counties.
Between MP 68.54, near Colfax, and MP 77.50, near Frankfort, a distance of 8.96 miles in Clinton County.
Commercial Bell Telephone for Ames changed to (317) 362 - 3905.
May 1, 1974 - General Order 614, Effective 1:01 am EST, 12:01 am CST
Ames Interlocking:
Semaphore Home Signal governing northward movement on Secondary Track, located 350 feet South of L&N Crossing, out of service.
Semaphore Home Signal governing southward movement on Secondary Track, located 500 feet North of P&E Wire Mill Track Crossing, out of service.
Color Light Dwarf Signal governing northward movement through Ames Interlocking, located 100 ft. South of L&N Crossing Frog, in service.
Color Light Dwarf Signal governing southward movement through Ames Interlocking, located 100 feet North of P&E Wire Mill Crossing Frog, in service.
April 1, 1976 - General Order 710, Effective 12:01 am EST, 11:01 am CST
Southern Region now operated by Consolidated Rail Corporation except:
... Crawfordsville Secondary Track except between MP 52 and MP 53.7
And thus, with the beginning of Conrail came the end of the Crawfordsville Secondary Track.