Speaking of Mac’s (not Mcdonald’s for those of you in the rest of the world), wouldn’t it give a better view of the tracks since it is on the south side and seems to have larger windows facing the tracks than Brunner’s? It sits across S.R.32 from Brunners so it views the same stretch of CSX.
G-Mack:
Muncie says it has the only restored C&O facility in Indiana? I would think the town of Peru about 40 miles up the same line would beg to differ. They have a restored freight house at the end of twin ashpalt walking/biking paths on the banks of the Wabash river that follow the former C&O tracks for just under a mile.
You may be correct on being at “Mac’s” as opposed to being over at Bruner’s as far as which has the best view. Truth is, I’ve never been in Mac’s. But the railroad is on their side of the highway. Just 1/2 hr. ago we sat in Bruner’s and sat back away from the front windows at a table and I even was thinking about the view as I sat there facing outside…Believe the view is a bit better back farther in the room as the vehicles pulled right up to the windows don’t block quite as much as they do setting at the booths right along those windows. Either way, one can manage to witness a train if it passes. Sit on the other side of the room {east side}, and you can look over to the bridge where the NS crosses White River and out the side windows at the CSX tracks passing in front too.
Just last night I stopped by the ex C&O depot and took some pictures as it presents itself with the lights under the roof overhang shining on the light brick walls. Lights in the decorative trees along side the building help present a pretty nice image. Any one that would care to see one send me an email address.
I see yet another reason to head to muncie…today in the Yahoo News it seems that there has been a “discovery” of a round prehistoric ditch in a tract of woods between Muncie and Yorktown. I would link to it, but I dont know how.
Interestingly, using Google Maps and then switching over to the Hybred view, it is very obvious to see. The ditch is about 150 feet in diameter and is located just east of Yorktown.
Of course, when I saw it, my first thought was that it was a turntable for the adjacent NYC Big Four prehistoric railroad.
…Pull up the StarPress.com and you might be able to read about it too. They had an illustration in the paper I believe it was yesterday.
If you care to pin point it…enter in the location of Nebo rd. and Kilgore av. {rt. 32} and then on one of the satellite programs go west about a qtr. mil and it’s on the south side of rt. 32 and in a wooded area {about maybe 400’ square, right along rt. 32.
Perhaps somebody tied their dog out there 80 years ago and it ran around in a circle…Maybe not. I have wondered in the past why the little patch of woods is there in amonst wide open fields. The circle is within the confines of that little woods. There is a south bound priviate drive that turn off Kilgore just on the east side of the woods to help you ID it’s location.
By the way, the NYC folks would have had to stretch the tracks a bit as it’s just a little out of range to the north.
…I saw the afternoon crew on the CSX east bound had to make a stop adjacent to Bruner’s today…The double stack consist was motivated up front by a UP 6 axle sporting a flag on it’s side and a helper of GSCX ID on it’s side. Believe the crew might be enjoying some of Mac’s chow about now since they moved on out after a stop of 20 min or so…
Did not see any traffic over on NS so I’m assuming the CSX consist was not stopped for any traffic on the crossover…
All though it might have been for traffic on the north - south NS route as that is not visible from where I witnessed the stopped train and it too must cross over the CSX tracks to proceed south, etc…