Station: Elkhart, IN

Elkhart, Indiana was a major division point on the Lake Shore/NYC line between Toledo and Chicago. Lines radiate in all diections from here, including the "Old Road" into Michigan via Hillsdale and Adrian.

Image info: Top, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. depot gardens in Elkhart, Indiana. 2nd image, what is now Benham Avenue and the crossing of the Lake Shore line. The depot is out of the photograph to the right. Note the interurban line crossing the Lake Shore. This was the approximate location of "B" Interlocking.  Date unknown. From a book published in the 1950's by the Elkhart Public Schools.  [David Miller Collection] 3rd and 4th images, track side and street of the NYC depot, now used by Amtrak. [Alan Loftis]

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Time Line

Additional Information

• Modernizing the NYC's Air Line for High Speed Freight Service - 1950's

Books

• The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.  Warrick, William and McLellan, David.  Polo, Ill.: Transportation Trails, 1989.