ABANDONED RAILROADS

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Chicago Division

FORMERLY Pennsylvania Railroad (Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad)
(Chicago Division/Fort Wayne Main Line)
CONSTRUCTED 1856-1858
DOUBLE TRACK completed before 1906
ABS installed before 1912
POSITION LIGHT ABS installed 1939
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1980 (Whiting-Clarke Jct.)
ABANDONED 1980 (Whiting-Clarke Jct.)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1991 (Clarke Jct.-Tolleston)
ABANDONED 1990's (Clarke Jct.-Tolleston)

Segment abandoned between Whiting and Clarke Jct. in favor of paralleling former New York Central line.

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Whiting to Tolleston
Distance is from Pittsburgh

450.8 Whiting (B&OCT crossing)
450.6 Standard
448.9 Mahoning
448.5 Indiana Harbor Canal (drawbridge)
448.1 Indiana Harbor (IHB crossing)
447.4 Cline Ave.
446.3 Buffington
445.7 Clarke Jct. (B&OCT crossing)
443.8 Clarke
442.9 Gary
441.8 Tolleston (NYC crossing)

Mostly 2 tracks, signaled for normal right hand operation.