For its size (1960 population 40,274), Elkhart, Indiana, is probably as unadulterated a railroad town as there is in the highly-developed industrial area comprised of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It is, moreover, a one railroad town, with the Central…
The blue-flagged 5411 gets another shot of grease at Elkhart while her engineer for the last lap to Chicago packs a few belongings into the seatbox. Notwithstanding the stop at Bryan, the 133 miles from Toledo were run off in 117 minutes for an…