Heyworth Railroad Museum

Over the weekend, while on our way to visit relatives and eat eat eat, we stopped to see the Heyworth Railroad Museum, which was recently organized in this small town a few miles south of Bloomington. From the web page, they have ambitious plans for development.

So far, the collection consists of this IC side-door caboose, which is nicely painted and lettered. There were no signs or indications of when it might be open. It's located on what's left of the old IC main line from Bloomington to Decatur; about 1/4 mile of track south of here to the current end of live track has been torn up and the streets regraded. To the north, it appears there's at least 1/2 mile of track still in place, but there don't seem to be any plans for operation.