Take the shot !

That engine did not belong to the Wilmington and Western,  but rather to the man that owned Minker Construction Co.  The office building in the photo long since shut down.

This has become my primary railfanning mission the last few years.  As actual current railroading has gotten more and more sparse and generic, I have devoted CONSIDERABLE time to document what was there and what is STILL there before it disappears.  In the last handful of years, I photographed Homan Ave. Tower (Hammond IN), Calumet Tower (East Chicago), IU Tower (Indy) and Leipsic (Ohio).  Now, all are gone.   A few years ago, I photographed all of the Pennsy position light signals between Wabash and Goshen Indiana.  Now, all are gone.   Last fall, I photographed the old NKP signals guarding the diamond at Walkerton Indiana.  Those are in the process of being replaced (Thank you PTC-NOT).  I hear similar things about the B&O signals at Seymour Indiana that I photographed last fall.   My advice is, digital memory is cheap.  SHOOT EVERYTHING, because tomorrow it just be might not be there anymore.