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This video clip is a continuation of my earlier clip, 'Caboose Ride on the Decatur Sub'. All of the same general issues apply that I noted in my narrative description for part 1. The movie begins at about Milligan, Indiana, just after crossing over county road 1050E. The milepost for Milligan is MP 172.4. The camera focuses on a long white building to the right side of the track. This was a restaurant that I went to every chance I had. It was run by a little old lady, serving home-cooked meals at lunch time to all the farming families in the area. It was very in-expensive; and there was only ever one entrée' on the menu. But it was always good! Next, we cross state route 236 on a long skew crossing. We then see Charlie Hutchins driving on the north side of the track, likely on 236. We then cross SR 59, just before we go over the Little Raccoon Creek. Of course, this bridge is gone now. We then cross over SR 36, Guion Road, and this bridge is gone as well. This was a very interesting railroad location. At one time there was a railroad running roughly north-south under the B&O. As far as I can tell, this line started life as the Logansport, Crawfordsville and Southwestern Railroad, and later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was gone long before this movie was made in 1984. What surprised me was that there was a connecting track at one time between the two railroads on a very steep grade. Looking at Google aerial map, I can still make out the location of the connecting track and the old railroad. Running up the hill as we continue west to Marshall, I am not sure of the landmarks, until we get to an overhead timber bridge, and this is likely county road 525E. We then cross an un-paved road; seems to me this is county road 425E. Right here is the east switch of Bethany Siding, MP 178.6 (at the middle of the siding). This siding has a few memories for me. First, it was likely the worst piece of track on my entire 150-mile territory. Second, it had antique joint bars, known as Weber bars, composed of steel bars and pieces of wood inserted into them. Third, we had a small derailment here that took out a fair amount of the siding. It happened as I just checked into my hotel room in Dayton, Ohio, after going out drinking with my boss, Jesse Fleming. I checked in with the dispatcher, went back to the bar and found Jesse, then Jesse ended up driving us all the way to Bethany in the middle of the night. It was a routine derailment, so no problems there. Fourth, one of the company vice-presidents (I think it was K.C. Morris) found out I had Weber bars, and asked me to send him one, which I did. He never let me know that he had received it, so maybe he didn't. And that, sadly, is the end of the film; no shots of Marshall, the end of my territory. The railroad went on to Decatur, Illinois, but that was Dwight's (I can't remember his last name) territory. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the film. http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/video/59957