With the C&O era code line still standing, this scene along the Indiana Eastern's former C&O of Indiana mainline at Milepost 44 on the south side of Cottage Grove is almost like something right out of the past with IERR SD9 No. 206 leading the way on a gorgeous Fall afternoon.
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.
