1979 Muncie Indiana N&W Dispatch Center

[rogerhensley]

Normally, I don't direct folks here to my Railroads of Madison County web site, but I have just put up what are probably the only photos ever shot in the N&W Dispatch Center in Muncie while it was in operation.

The lead in from the page sez...
"The NKP was gone having merged into the N&W and the N&W would soon be a part of NS, but on August 13, 1979, the dispatching was still being done in the Muncie Division headquarters of the N & W on High Street in Muncie.

These photos were shot in the Chief and Dispatchers cubicles. One dispatcher was responsible for the trackage west of Frankfort to Peoria and St. Louis via Charleston and the "Clover Leaf" lines from Frankfort to Sandusky. I am not exact on his limits. The other dispatcher controlled all CTC from DA/Arcadia at the Fostoria District connection to Mulberry/Altamont including the New Castle District from Muncie to Mill in Sharonville, Ohio. "
If interested, visit: http://madisonrails.railfan.net/muncie_dispatch.html