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Beech Grove Shops

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hit the shops, damaging Coach Shop 3, which was going to be torn down after the tornado; it had been used to overhaul
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In the early hours of May 2, 2021, two storage buildings on the site were destroyed by a fire.
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Beech Grove HEP Conversion Program Results in Like-New Car for Passengers
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Transportation buildings and structures in Marion County, Indiana
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Damaged Amtrak P42 #8 at Beech Grove after a collision with a
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Railroad maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S.
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The shops were originally constructed in 1904–1908 by the
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway
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GE P40DCs
Beech Grove
Indiana
Indianapolis
Amtrak
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Penn Central Transportation
Pennsylvania Railroad
F2 tornado
Superliner
Amtrak P42's under repair at Beech Grove
P42's
Damaged Amtrak P42 #8 at Beech Grove after a collision with a Norfolk Southern freight in 2007.
Norfolk Southern
Amtrak equipment at Beech Grove shops.
The shops in the 1980s



"Beech Grove shops- Amtrak: History of America's Railroad"
Amtrak
Amtrak News
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"Beech Grove shops"

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