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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 AG and MC The explaination on the Fort Wayne Railfan site is the same one I've heard elsewhere. HUGO is short for HUntington and ChicaGO (the district names of the crossing tracks). [/quote] Makes perfect sense, now that I've been lucky enoughy to have it spelled out for[#wstupid] me. But yanno, only living a good walk away from Hugo, I'd a never guessed. Sure, "Huntington" ison the east-west line, But Chicago just isn't a point of destination for these tracks, especially if you realize the name originates from back in the Wabash era.. Sure, NOW the NewCastle district connects with NS's Chacago District via the Hadley cutoff, and used to connect via Junction, Park, and Runnion, but back in the day, NS's "Chicago District" was a foreign road, the Nickel Plate. I guess the "go" must be from the link up with the old Pennsey, at "Junction" Learn something new every day Made for some good reading though, really took me back. I remember as a kid, being able to sneek up into the abandoned Hugo tower, and train watch, talk about being on top of the action!!
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