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I was running an activity on the Monon Route and ended up near Crane Naval Wheapons Station. I had Street Atlas 2004 running next to me on my laptop next to me to get a better idea of where in Indiana I was. I noticed a ton of tracks running through Crane. So I decided to pull it up on USA Photo Maps. Man what a maze that place is. I can see why Steve Mosier didn't include it in the route. I got lost just looking at it from the air. If anyone wants to pull this up on USA photomap here are the coordinates. 38.83301 86.82434. Broadband is recomended, this place is huge. Does anyone know if this place still has a lot of rail traffic?
Without compromising national security issues,I'm gonna guess that all the sidings are still there from the Korean war era,and have been maintained in the event of national needs.. I'm sure the track is still in use.
I've visited CRANE before on fishing trips with my father. At least during the early - mid 90's the place was jumping, railroad-wise!Yes, the railroad tracks are very much a maze of sidings, spurs, and other areas.Many of these spurs lead into the woods to fortified ammo bunkers, as I recall. A number of others lead to warehouses and a few of the factories on the base.I remember the interchange yard with whoever it is that is running on the old Monon now having cars in it, so I can safely say that the sidings are still there.
Crane has quite a but of railroad traffic these days with over 100 miles of track and serveral crews operating daily. Today Crane is served by CP. Whenever a CP train crosses into Crane property then are required to notify the Navy.