Re: Marion, IN

DWBrown Wrote:
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> One great question remains that most if not all of
> the equipment from this great enterprize did not
> survive. However the routes and some depots
> remained. I wonder if somewhere out there in some
> farm field or backyard a old 1880s narrow gauge
> carbody exists?
>
> Dale Brown
I'm not sure how long abandoned wooden things last in the Great Lakes region ("midwest" is not a useful concept here, because there are substantial climatic differences between a state like Indiana and a state like Kansas). Indiana is a very green state compared to a state like Colorado; we get serious amounts of rainfall leading to serious rot and serious growth of vegetation; both would cause serious deterioration of wood, and I doubt if anything would last unprotected outdoors for a hundred years.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2015 12:03PM by Randall Hess.