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Discover Indiana invites you to take a journey across the 19th state and learn the role that railroads have played in several Indiana communities.\r\n\r\nPlease keep in mind that each tour is by no means a comprehensive list of sites in Indiana related to each theme. Please be respectful of private property lines when visiting each of these sites.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/fullsize/3b5d80d3dd6306a1ece416ba1b93de8e.jpg","items":[{"id":263,"title":"New Albany and Salem (Monon) Railroad Station","latitude":38.2895903000000004112735041417181491851806640625,"longitude":-85.8233575000000001864464138634502887725830078125,"thumbnail":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/square_thumbnails/3b5d80d3dd6306a1ece416ba1b93de8e.jpg","fullsize":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/fullsize/3b5d80d3dd6306a1ece416ba1b93de8e.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"198 Culbertson Avenue, New Albany, IN 47150","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":264,"title":"Junction Railroad Depot","latitude":39.67487109999999717047103331424295902252197265625,"longitude":-85.7048438000000061265382100827991962432861328125,"thumbnail":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/square_thumbnails/7524dd99f17378bf46ec610444c7f548.jpg","fullsize":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/fullsize/7524dd99f17378bf46ec610444c7f548.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"425 W Main St, Morristown, IN 46161","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":265,"title":"Scottsburg Depot","latitude":38.6865700000000032332536648027598857879638671875,"longitude":-85.7713179999999937308530206792056560516357421875,"thumbnail":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/square_thumbnails/4480f9d3d3e048a19fdedbfb0efb1751.jpg","fullsize":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/fullsize/4480f9d3d3e048a19fdedbfb0efb1751.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"90 N Main Street, Scottsburg, IN 47170","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":266,"title":"Pleasant Lake Depot","latitude":41.57440249999999792862581671215593814849853515625,"longitude":-85.01755819999999630454112775623798370361328125,"thumbnail":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/square_thumbnails/0e3a18f27bca0f50c1dbf8cb5124ed30.jpg","fullsize":"https://discoverindianahistory.org.curatescape7.reclaim.hosting/files/fullsize/0e3a18f27bca0f50c1dbf8cb5124ed30.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"1469 W. 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