The oldest aerial photo I can find for Elkhart, IN, is 1967 and the yards have already been converted from steam to diesel. So I could not find where this facility was on a satellite image. But the photo is too neat to pass up.
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| Tim Shanahan updated Tim Shanahan updated a group photo Edward Peters Photo taken by John Inbody about 1910. Give or take a few years. Taken from the coal dock. |
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| Tim JT White posted [Tim's comment had some errors, so you need to read all of the comments for details. The essence is that the route to the left was the old road and the route curving more dramatically to the right is the Chicago to New York Main Line.] |
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| Terry Wisel Heintz posted Loving those lower quadrant semaphores!! |
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| Tim JT White posted Another oldie, but a goodie. Elkhart Roundhouse. Don't have much info on this other then it was supposed to be in Elkhart. Tim JT White After digging some more I find that this one was a Elkhart photos mostly taken by John Inbody in the 1900-1917 time frame. |
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| Tim JT White posted Was cleaning out some stuff in my basement and come across this " Looking Back" article in our local paper from, I think it was 1975. Elkhart Roundhouse and area 1930. [This must have been north of the mainline between Avalon and Oakland, Satellite] |
Rod Durbin posted three photos with the comment: "New York Central roundhouse in Elkhart, Indiana."
Wayne Koch posted two photos with the comment: "Elkhart IN."
Edward Peters Having grown up there I still am amazed that at one time Elkhart had 3 roundhouses.
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| Edward Peters posted 2 of the Roundhouses in Elkhart Indiana about 1900. Orion Forbes Taylor Jay Caroline Anderson I would have to dig out an essay I wrote to be certain, but this pair was built around 1910-1915. It was located on the south side of the tracks, right across from the old Lake Shore & Michigan Southern locomotive shops and roundhouses built around 1868. The original roundhouses left service when the new pair was built, but the shops remained active until the 30s. Not much is left of them, but the old pattern room and, I believe, the boiler shop are still standing. For now. Edward Peters Orion Forbes Taylor you are correct the were built 1910-1915. It took me a while to figure out where the power plant was located. I have pictures of it. I found it in one of the Sanborn fire maps. There’s not many of the old buildings left. Orion Forbes Taylor Edward Peters I’ve only ever seen a few pictures of the large power plant. As I recall, that was built a few years prior to the newer roundhouses. Originally, it was intended for a giant new shop complex for the NYC’s west end of the system that was cancelled around 1907. There was a small recession and Elkhart also decided to raise property taxes. When the economy improved, the NYC built the new shops in Cleveland instead (Collinwood). |
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| Rick Shilling posted c1940's New York Central Railroad Roundhouse, Elkhart, Indiana. Brian A Morgan: First inspection stop East Bound to NYC. |
Wayne Koch posted two photos with the comment: "Elkhart IN."
Edward Peters Having grown up there I still am amazed that at one time Elkhart had 3 roundhouses.
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| Edward Peters commented on a post This picture shows the original Elkhart roundhouse that was built in 1874 I believe. Also shown is a building that is today used as a recycling plant. Also shown is the old tender shop. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on a post The southern roundhouse is easy to find on Google Map. At first, I thought the northern roundhouse was the bare circle to the northeast. But a 1952 aerial shows the second roundhouse was north of the southern one. But it was already torn down in 1952 to make room for more tracks. Detailed topo maps go back to just 1961, and it doesn't show the roundhouses. https://www.google.com/.../@41.6763876,-85.../data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| Thomas Bowers posted Late 1940s photo at Elkhart, Ind. L G Isaac Photo |
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