ELKHART IN
RAILFAN GUIDE
Elkhart is a neat little town with a big yard. Furthermore, it is home to the National NYC RR Museum, the Elkhart and Western RR, and a newly formed road by the name of the Grand Elk RR, going from here to Grand Rapids over the leased Norfolk Southern line, a 122.9 mile run.
I found this blurb on the internet about the Grand Elk:
As always, if you have something to add or correct, it's toddgp30@verizon.com.
Three views of the National NYC RR Museum in downtown
Elkhart.
The office for the Elkhart and Western. For more
info, visit their website at:
www.pioneer-railcorp.com/Subsidiaries/EWR/ewr.html
The Amtrak station is across the tracks from the NYC
Museum.
Just north of the EWR is this girder bridge adjacent to a
small dam.
You never know what you will see coming in and out of
Norfolk Southern's yard... When I was there years ago, I caught a couple of
Susie-Q SD's on the lead of a freight!
Nice yard, too bad there isn't a good place to watch the
operations from. NS cops are particularly nasty and efficient, and can
and will arrest you for trespassing. The best yard I've come across
for watching is the one in Roanoke VA, where they don't seem to mind if you
watch from up on the hill where the yard tower is... great view!
A SB/EB freight at McDonald St.... gotta love this photo
service from Bing!
A signal bridge on the south side of town behind an
Advance Auto, just above County Road 18.... There aren't as many signals in
town as you would think.
The NS yard is large enough that you can't fit it into one
birds eye view, so I present an aerial shot for you.
NEW 07/09/2009
Last Modified
23-May-2010