CR 8095 at Whiting, IN

This eastbound Conrail freight with 8095 leading has diverged from the former PRR route at Lake Junction(now CP 505) and is now swinging onto the former New York Central alignment at Whiting, IN. June 1982. Conrail severed the PRR main line through East Chicago about 1980. After that date, all eastbound trains (except local moves to the Whiting refinery) diverged off of the PRR at Lake Jct and took the former NYC alignment through East Chicago. On the west side of Gary, at CP 501, the Broadway Limited (and any other train) could diverge from the Chicago Line and return to the PRR route at Clarke Jct. Doug Davidson photo with permission