Wabash 50ft PS1 Boxcar

[harryadkins]

This model is a Wabash Railroad reskin of Michael Stephan’s freeware 50ft PS1 Boxcar. The 50ft-PS1 base model can be downloaded at http://www.stephan-michael.de/railsim/p ... ps150.html.

The NJI&I was originally created by the Singer Sewing Machine Company in order to transport their products from South Bend, IN, to a connection with the Wabash Railroad in Pine, Indiana. The line began service in 1905 and officially operated on only 11.4 miles of track. The line ran between South Bend and Pine, Indiana, where it met the Wabash Railroad.

Up until and through World War I the line offered two passenger trains round trip daily to Detroit. In the 1930s passenger service was discontinued. The Wabash had purchased the line in 1926 but continued to operate it as a separate railroad.

The major customers included Singer Manufacturing and The Studebaker Company. The NJI&I continued in service until 1982 when the Norfork Southern absorbed the line. Despite both manufacturers going out of business in the early 1960s and early 1970s, the line continued to operate for several other smaller customers.

The name is derived from the three states Singer had plants in at the time of charter. The railroad was eventually taken over by the Wabash and operated through the Norfolk and Western takeover. The line continued to service several customers until the NS-Conrail takeover allowed NS to access their customers via the former New York Central Chicago line. The line was abandoned and removed in the late 1990s.

Special thanks goes to Michael Stephan for his excellent model and repainter’s package. If you have problems, post a message in the support forum at Railworks America. This package is released as freeware. You can do whatever you wish with it EXCEPT make money with its use.

Harry R. Adkins
January 2016

[Coaltrain1]

To Nice, I am not sure I have enough Thank You's to keep up with your fine work.. Thank you..

[buzz456]

To Nice, I am not sure I have enough Thank You's to keep up with your fine work.. Thank you..

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