This is a picture of the roundhouse at the top of the hill (North Madison) along with several out buildings used for the upkeep and repair of the trains. It was situated nearly on the crest of the hill with what would later be called the "cut"...
Looking east along the railroad tracks showing the empty depot on the right and the Pierceton Elevator on the left. The rails of the track to the north have been removed, but the railroad ties remain. Slide dated AUG 1986.
This is a lithograph drawing of the Indianapolis Union Depot, the north terminal of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. It is scanned from a postcard with the following inscription on the back: "Union Depot--erected in 1852." It was torn down...
Railroad stations; Train depots; Buses; Madison Depot; Madison; Railroads
"In 1893 the railroad bought the whole block on First Street from Vine to Mill and and bought the depot." The Victorian style building was built in 1895. On the property had stood a fine old home which had to be taken down to make way for the...
Built in 1908 and located near State Road 7 on the Hilltop, near Johnson Lake on Cragmont Street and demolished in 1968. Bushrod W. Taylor, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Louisville gave directions for the building of the station. ...
James Vawter built his log cabin on the site that the roundhouse would one day occupy. This was not far into the 1800's and the land was first a forest to be cut down and then it was farm and pasture land. The good farmer could not know what the...
Railroads; Railroad roundhouses; Railroad construction & maintenance; North Madison
This view of the roundhouse in North Madison is looking northward. The "Coliseum", as the locals called it, was for the purpose of servicing the engines and other rolling stock of the railroad.
There were at least four depots in Madison during the life of the railroad. Not much is known of the first two. The Madison Courier on November 28, 1981 stated, "The first depot downtown was an old shed just around the bend in the track." It was at...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Train depots; North Madison
This is the North Madison depot that was built about 1850. It was situated to the east of the railroad tracks on the south side of what is now State Road 7 as it makes its curve at the top of Hanging Rock Hill. It was part of the group of buildings...
Railroads; Train depots; Railroad stations; North Madison; Wirt, Indiana
Several passengers are seen waiting for locomotive "8404" to pull into the station. Notice the buggy parked behind the depot and the rolls of fencing to the side of the building. The station was once the North Madison depot which served there from...
Railroads; Turntables (Railroads); Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad shops & yards; North Madison
This is a picture of the roundhouse at the top of the hill (North Madison) along with several outbuildings used for the upkeep and repair of the trains. It was situated nearly on the crest of the hill with what would later be called "the cut" just...
This image shows rental cabins located on the north side of the channel running east from the Huntinton Street Bridge, on property at the southwest end of Lake Street. They were owned and rented out by Beckman of Beckman Furniture Store until the...
This image shows rental cabins located on the north side of the channel running east from the Huntinton Street Bridge, on property at the southwest end of Lake Street. They were owned and rented out by Beckman of Beckman Furniture Store until the...
