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Yeah I would like to head back up there within a week or two.
I think I'll go next week.
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I think I'll go next week.
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lol..not to mention the gas you use getting there.
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Long as I can use the car.. It's a lot better than the pickup..
Realistically if I get engines and stuff online I'll still end up paying like 15+ shipping.. So travel/shipping is pretty neutral.
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In the train room on the laptop..
Programming the sound steam engine with different whistle and chuff rate.
Programming the sound steam engine with different whistle and chuff rate.
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Took a slight break from working on the layout today.. I had to do some interesting track work over the weekend.. and still a small bit more to do..
I did however go trackside for the real ones.. and saw this.
I did however go trackside for the real ones.. and saw this.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7olTfU07Y]Nickel Plate Road Roundhouse, Frankfort Indiana - YouTube[/ame]
One of the last few roundhouses left in Indiana...Not in great shape... its really old and historic
One of the last few roundhouses left in Indiana...Not in great shape... its really old and historic
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Damn.. Imagine all the old steamers that have been through that roundhouse..
I'd love to just to walk through that place even now.
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My dad would love that. Maybe me and him will go check it out next summer.
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I actually looked it up.. man.. yeah if I could ever go in that roundhouse that would be fucking awesome.
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I see the prelude to a new beginning video on that site has captures from inside..
dang
dang
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Frankfort Roundhouseclick link to watch a small video on development concept
They want to fix it up a little and add some stuff around it....
They want to fix it up a little and add some stuff around it....
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That's nice but I'd love to actually go inside.. To see it before that..
There's just something about old roundhouses.. its not creepy or anything.. its almost magical to me..
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This is from the old Chicago and North Western roundhouse
Just something about these..
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgK_mkvYqzA]NKP 587 Locomotive at Frankfort Indiana Roundhouse June 1991 - YouTube[/ame]
one of the last times it was used
one of the last times it was used
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Looking on the satellite view.. that used to be one hell of a facility.
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here are some photos of what they want to do/redevelop(Concept art)...Nothing has been approved
Historic Nickel Plate Roundhouse Feasibility Study
Frankfort, Indiana
Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects completed this planning study in the Spring of 2011 as a first step in moving forward with the reuse of the Historic Nickel Plate Roundhouse. Multiple railroad companies used the complex, portions of which date to the 1890s and the 1920s, as a maintenance facility for locomatives and rail cars. The roundhouse facility was one of Frankfort’s major employers until its closure in the 1990s. The reuse plan suggested the facility be adapted into a conference/event center with a museum and restaurant component.
Historic Nickel Plate Roundhouse Feasibility Study
Frankfort, Indiana
Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects completed this planning study in the Spring of 2011 as a first step in moving forward with the reuse of the Historic Nickel Plate Roundhouse. Multiple railroad companies used the complex, portions of which date to the 1890s and the 1920s, as a maintenance facility for locomatives and rail cars. The roundhouse facility was one of Frankfort’s major employers until its closure in the 1990s. The reuse plan suggested the facility be adapted into a conference/event center with a museum and restaurant component.
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yes sit it once was...