Wakarusa Station
| Description: |
Wakarusa Railroad Station, 1967. Donors Notes:Wakarusa Railroad Station taken in 1967. Built when the railroad went through (Montpelier & Chicago) in 1893. Still has a part-time traveling operator agent five days a week. Passenger service discontinued in late 1930s. The line became Wabash late in 1890s, then Norfolk and Western when merged in 1966 This line ran a fine Chicago to Detroit night train when a sleeper from South Bend to Detroit. Car came down to Pine Junction on New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois from South Bend and was tied into by the Detroit Express. Handled a heavy Studebaker trade.; Wakarusa Railroad Station |
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| Origin: | 1967 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll63/id/1223 |
| Collection: |
Elkhart County Historical Society Collections |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Railroads Railroad stations Railroad tracks Railroad signal towers Grain elevators |
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