TheBeech Grove Shops is a railway maintenance facility inBeech Grove,Indiana, outsideIndianapolis. Beech Grove isAmtrak's primary maintenance facility.[1] It also contains a very large freight yard.
The shops were originally constructed in 1904–1908 by theCleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway (the "Big Four"), servicing a network stretching across the Midwest intoIllinois,Indiana,Michigan, andOhio. The facility was used as the company's repair shop for steam locomotives and passenger and freight cars.[1]
The Big Four was acquired by theNew York Central Railroad (NYC) in 1906, but operated as an independent business until it was formally merged with its owner in 1922.[2] The facility passed toPenn Central Transportation in 1968 when the NYC merged with thePennsylvania Railroad. Penn Central declared bankruptcy in 1970.[1] Amtrak purchased the facility from the bankrupt Penn Central in April 1975.[3][4][5]
On September 20, 2002, anF2 tornado hit the shops, damaging Coach Shop 3, which was going to be torn down after the tornado; it had been used to overhaulSuperliner passenger cars until 2000.[citation needed]
In the early hours of May 2, 2021, two storage buildings on the site were destroyed by a fire.[6]
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