New Noblesville mayor makes push to restore Hobbs Station, 10-acre railyard

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5 thoughts on “New Noblesville mayor makes push to restore Hobbs Station, 10-acre railyard

  1. It’s a tough time to propose this but I sure hope it happens. The loss of railroad history in Forest Park was terrible. Thumbs up and all the best to Mayor Jensen.

  2. Sure would have been nice if the city gave the Indiana Transportation Museum that kind of support. As a 25+ year ITM volunteer the design looks nice and I hope it does get built. Modern bathrooms and new signage would be a big plus. There is still a lot of room there for depicting additional railroad history like building a switch tower and having railroad themed educational activities.

  3. Maybe someone involved in this project might take a trip to Sacramento, CA, to see their living museum. I don’t expect an “Old Noblesville” such as Sacramento has, but you can combine rolling stock and kids and rides and restaurants, and make it a great experience. When my son was young, he and his friends loved being on the train to the Fair (I know, no longer possible) and just visiting the museum and being allowed to climb up on the engines and cars…I remember an old car, in a storage building, that had been a touring car for a millionaire. I wanted to travel that way, instead of in coach…
    Not every museum has to be a computer guided or computer imaged event…sometimes a real piece of iron will make a lasting impression that a CG view will never achieve…

  4. A waste of tax payer money or at the very least bonds that would be better served else where.
    10 acres that need to be returned to forest park as a whole as legitimate nature paths and forest areas.
    There’s a reason the “museum” and nickel plate was nearly canned because even if it hadn’t been managed and staffed by the inept it never once served as a connection to history or the beauty of the area.

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