Talk:Fort Wayne Line

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Unless I misunderstand things, the main focus of this article should be the Fort Wayne Line itself, which is the Norfolk Southern-owned line between Pittsburgh and Crestline. The former Fort Wayne Secondary can be covered in Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad. If necessary, the PRR history could be split off to Main Line (Pittsburgh to Chicago) or some such. Mackensen (talk) 17:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Porter Sub to Barr to NS Status

The article says: The final piece, from CSX's Porter Subdivision at Tolleston northwest to NS's Chicago Line, the former LS&MS in far northwestern Gary, Indiana, at Buffington, is owned by CSX with NS trackage rights, junctioning CSX's Barr Subdivision at Clarke Junction (also in northwestern Gary). Unfortunately most of that is abandoned, NS does use part of it coming from the Porter Sub but they quickly switch over to the Wabash old right away to access CN Kirk Yard. There is no diamond at old Clarke Jct, nor can there be a diamond because of raised CN realignment bypassing the Gary Airport. The section between the CSX and NS is abandoned in place. Source: My job as a locomotive engineer. BeckyAnne (talk) 19:54, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was just going to ask about this. The OpenRailwayMap shows a kind of complicated split that probably needs to be described in the article. Not knowing the area, I can't really tell you what is what. But it shows just northwest of Tolleston the CSX Ft. Wayne Secondary splitting off into something called the "Gary Branch," which merges into something called the "City Track" near Pine Junction, which flies over the Barr Sub and Chicago Line and merges with the Matteson Sub.

I don't know who owns the City Track or Matteson Sub. Does CSX own any of these or have trackage rights over them to access CSX Curtis Yard? CSX's own interactive system map does not show the Fort Wayne Secondary as part of the system, so I'm guessing this "Gary Branch" and dead-end "Fort Wayne Secondary" aren't used? Someone familiar with this area needs to update the article. Criticalthinker (talk) 13:39, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]