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Station: Chesterton, IN
Chesterton is a town in northwest Indiana, 1 mile east of Porter, IN. It is along the main line of the Norfolk Southern main line (former NYC/Lake Shore & Michigan Southern). The EJ&E also had a terminal here on the east end of their belt line around Chicago.
Notes
The NYC had a 1,400' long track pan at Chesterton. [LS]
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Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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