For more photos of the - Michigan Division - Michigan Division - South Circa 1896-1900 Postcard photo of the Greensburg Indiana Depot about 1900 Lawrence Baggerly Collection. Maurice Lewman says: "In the picture of the depot at Greensburg, the passenger train is a Michigan Divison train. At the left edge of the picture behind the coach was the water plug where we stopped to take water southbound. Am I glad to see those two water towers. They were there until the steam left. The east leg of the wye passed by them. The train is headed north."   1902 - Shirley Indiana Creosote plant North of Shirley Indiana in 1902 Postcard Photo from the Maurice Lewman Collection   1906-1916 - Carthage Station These two photos of the station a Carthage are all that we have representing it when it was in use. Unfortunately, neither is very good. The right hand photo does show a hand powered hand car to the right center along with a locomotive and what would appear to be two people on the platform. Also, notice the lower quadrant semaphore. Using the right hand photo as a reference: The timeframe of this picture would be between 1906 and 1916. The Section House was later moved north and west. The east track where the engine is sitting was later stubbed north of the street crossing. The freight house later burned and the depot was torn down in the late 60s or early 70s. The engine is a Richmond locomotive (2-6-0?) built about 1895. The tower behind the engine could possibly be the boom on the wreck crane (Big Hook), The water pumps on the south side of the depot was used until the depot was desttroyed. All of the houses were still standing in 1993. My father, Newell Lewman, told me about the little engine they used. - M.E.L. For more info on Carthage, Click Here. 1915 - Train 75 Train 75 work order dated September 19, 1915. Number 75 was a train on the Michigan Division. It was a third class train from South Anderson to Jeffersonville Indiana. In addition to the 'schedule' on the page, it would meet 34 at Knightstown, 56 at Carthage, pass 57 at Rushville, meet 94 at North Vernon and 64 at North Town which was the entrance to Jeffersonville Yard. 1925-27 Westport Indiana Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Mikado 8292 Built 1921 by Baldwin Homer Travis, Fireman Photo from Roger Hensley Collection   mid to late 1920s - just south of Westport Indiana 1) loco on side - Beulah Rogers, Ruth Waldorf, unknown beside loco. 2) NYC Lines boxcar derailed. Beulah Rogers and Ruth Waldorf. Photos from Roger Hensley Collection Late 40s - Greensburg Greensburg Coal Dock in the late 40s - Bill Klene Collection. (See text in 1957 Greensburg photos)     1948 - Markleville The Markleville photo was taken in front of the section house and the sun was on the left making the shade heavy from the trees. - M.E.L. (I did what I could with this one. The photo was in pretty bad shape. – rph)     1949 - Train 71 NYC 2-8-2 H-10 Mikado #71 running southbound out of Anderson Indiana about 1/2 mile south of today's I-69.         1940-1950 Greensburg Indiana Switchman L? M? and George Ley sometime in 1940-1950 Maurice Lewman Collection. 1950 Shirley Indiana #76 on East Wye setting off cars for the P&E     1428 H-5 at Connersville IN ca1953 Note that this is a hand powered turntable Maurice Lewman Collection. 1954 - NYC 3029 South Anderson May 10, 1954 on the South Wye, Engine 3029 on #78 arriving at South Anderson hid a switch that had been unlatched. Moving at 15 mph, the end came for a blueprint engine. Engineer E. L. Sharp, Fireman R.C. Fields. - She was the best of the L3b's - M.E.L. 1) Front with John Conner, Conductor & his son Richie 2) Right side from the rear 3) Right side from front showing the track. 3029 never returned to service (I have other shots of the derailment, but they are very poor.) 1954 - NYC 1473 NYC H5 2-8-2 Mikado. The South Anderson-Greensburg local, running northbound at Grant City road at about 25 to 35 mph, on 90 pound rail. This train was running extra as signified by the (dirty) white flags. Notice the screen leaning behind the stack. The fireman would put the screen over the stack at Carthage, North Anderson and Wabash. Paper mills were switched at all three locations. The purpose of the screen was to break up any hot coals that might come out of the stack. Notice the two compound air pumps above the pilot. Normally, there was one behind the main reservoir above the rear drivers. Engineer, R.C. "Smoke" Hoover. Fireman, Bill Rose. (Note: Maurice's son Larry told me that Maurice had spotted this loco running north and knew that he could get ahead of it to get a good picture. He got into position and waited until the train was in sight and then triggered his camera a moment too soon to catch the tender. Sounds like something that I'd do. Been there, done that. - rph ) 1957 Greensburg IN May 1957 Alco S1 849 sits near the engine house in the background. Steam left in April of 1957     1957 Greensburg IN 1) George Ley (Yardmaster) and Tucker (Switchman) [56 or 57] 2) George Hogg (Switchman) 3) Train No 406 - GP- 5790 [July 57] 1957 - Greensburg IN George Hogg is on the engine. Charles Sparks – (Conductor) is to the right on the middle ground and Jim Hunt (Switchman) is to the far right on the ground. Looking west, the little building switchman shanty and car repair. The coal dock covered three tracks and a fourth track ran on the right side. Scales were to the left. The train is sitting on #2, the eastbound track. 1957 Greensburg Indiana Switchman Jim Hunt Maurice Lewman Collection. May 3, 1957 - Cincinnati OH NYC 1977 2-8-2 H-7E Not exactly the Michigan Division/North Vernon Secondary, but impressive anyway. The last engine to have the fire pulled on the NYC Date Unknown Greensburg Depot Here is the Depot at Greensburg in it's last days. The track is gone and filled in, but the building still looks pretty good.. Compare this with the Postcard photo at the top of the page. Ron Stuckey Photo. Roger Hensley Collection. 1957 - 62 Northbound Big Four local at Rushville IN on joint track. Highway north of NKP Depot on US 52. Maurice Lewman Collection. 1958 Shelbyville Indiana Vine Tower at Shelbyville Maurice Lewman Collection. 1950-1960 Greensburg Indiana Yardmaster Floyd Fy Maurice Lewman Collection. 1957-1960 Greensburg Indiana L Ray Nelson Yard Clerk - R Jim Mulligan Maurice Lewman Collection. May 24, 1960 - South Anderson M E Lewman was firing for Bill Sailors and had engine on #79 to Louisville KY Maurice Lewman Collection. 1970 Greensburg Indiana James Whitcome Riley #303 Westbound Maurice Lewman Collection. North Vernon to Louisville (B&O) Segment 1925 The date is in question. With a new roof being installed and the paint looking like NYC instead of Big Four, it could be around 1925. The sign on the corner of the building says "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office". Maurice Lewman Collection. Date Unknown B&O Locomotive & workcar (passenger) North Vernon, Indiana Maurice Lewman Collection. 1940 A B&O light pacific 4-6-2 on the North Vernon - Lousisville line. The caboose is a Big Four. The tender to the right is a B&O work train. The numbers on the tender are 10,000 gals of waiter and 16 tons of coal. The passenger train is west (southbound). Deputy Indiana. Maurice Lewman Collection. ca 1950 West (south) bound probably number 57. The passenger trains ran 2 min behind schedule to prevent stopping. Deputy Indiana. Maurice Lewman Collection. ca 1950 West (south) bound NYC L-2 2784 meets East (north) bound B&O passenger train. Deputy, Indiana. Maurice Lewman Collection. Late 30s-40 Charlestown Depot Signal on east side. Maurice Lewman Collection. 1946-47 Charlestown Depot 1946-47 Maurice Lewman Collection. See Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville RR for more information, photos and drawings.

Maurice worked the Michigan Division from 1947-1981. He then worked on the Bee Line from 1981-1992. From 1947 until august 1950, he worked on the section at Shirley and Markleville. In 1950 he started firing on steam and then on through the diesels. Maurice said, "I had the pleasure of working with C. C. Staley and Ron Buser many times."