Beech Grove Shops

The shops were originally constructed in 1904–1908 by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway (the "Big Four"), servicing a network stretching across the Midwest into Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

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 the New 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 to Penn Central Transportation in 1968 when the NYC merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad.

[citation needed] In the early hours of May 2, 2021, two storage buildings on the site were destroyed by a fire.