1976 Pennsylvania Railroad abandons 32 miles of Track

Conrail (Consolidated Rail Corporation) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 25, 1974, and operations began April 1, 1976 .

The first part of the line to go was between Nutwood (?Nutmeg?) and Culver , which was abandoned in 1973 and removed in 1974. The second piece to go was from Culver to Logansport which was abandoned in 1974 and removed in 1976. For a while in Plymouth, Indiana, they used the line for the old industrial park, but this rail was gone by 1990

Sometime during the late 1970's the railroad land was put up for sale. Several people were instrumental in trying to keep what should of been full public accesses for the town of Culver open: Davis Street, Winfield Street, Jefferson Street and Washington Street. One large supporter was June (Garn) Napier Jackson Sirus and many others with her; but they failed and all were sold to private people and access to the lake in Culver has been denied except at the park area and an easement worked out between the town of Culver and John Deery in 1980 at Washington Street where the access road to/from the town park came out at. The last attempt was made by Rod Martindale, David Burns and several others to gain a partial easement at Jefferson Street about 1988 or 1989.

Tho passenger service did not exist for the Culver area since 1947 all other passenger service for the Pennsylvania ended on 30 April. 1971, the Conrail did run passenger trains over the remaining exisiting road beween 1 Jan. 1972 and 30 Jul. 1974

On 29 Jul 1976 the 32 mile long track between Logansport and Culver was abandoned; the P Penn Central bankruptcy also brought the abandonedment of the 72 miles of the original l ine between Terre Haute and Frankfort (LC&SW) the track between Culver and South Bend had already been abandoned which was 29 miles.

The formal announcement was found:

Culver December 17, 1975
Penn Central to abandon tracks

The Penn Central Transportation Company has announced plans to terminate rail service on a secondary railroad track between Culver and Logansport effective Feb. 27.

According to Penn Central trustees , the line is not designated for continued operation by the Consolidated Rail Corporation, or any other carrier, according to the 1973 Final System Plan.

Trustees said information on the line's value and expenses may be examined in the Penn Central Superintendent's office, 231 Baker St., Fort Wayne.

The tracks through Culver have not been used for several years, and termination of service is basically a formality.

Plymouth, Mill, Winfield, Peru,, South Streets

The Maxinkuckee West Side Property Owners, Inc. was formed to procure and buy up the railroad prperty along the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee from Plymouth St. to the end of South Street ending at West Shore. Dr.

WEST SHORE

This is the way the area looked pre 1980's before the railroad bed was leveled off to near road level.

In back of it is the Busart property of 63.01 acres which is farm land and a portion of it was a gravel pit of which the samll lake or pond was a result. This property is still in descendants names under Denise Runhow etal. A; this ground in this area +probably belong to the Busart's

The picture below shows all the six lots and easement that make up the Schults Subdivision which was the Vandailia railroad right of way. The Pennsylvania Railroad bankruptcy occurred on June 21, 1970. Also the numbering system for this area varied from numbers to numbers and also and some had a "TBA" (to be announced)