3 50 77356 https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/3647395d0a81665dfa697ebe03f59e8a.jpg 151d071b6d95302d2e2dc14ea81d40c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1628 Title A name given to the resource Herd of Deer Behind a Fence Description An account of the resource "Here's some more." 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1629 Title A name given to the resource Military Obituary of Alva R. Barton Description An account of the resource "Here's some more" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1647 Title A name given to the resource Street lined with houses and rows of trees, with children on the sidewalk Description An account of the resource "John Gordon Family Home 1915 Summitville. Is this S. Main St?" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1648 Title A name given to the resource Helm's Cleaners storefront with a car parked in front of it with a white upper half and a black lower half and the words "Helm's Cleaners" painted on it Description An account of the resource "Helms Dry Cleaning abt 1957 Summitville, Indiana" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1649 Title A name given to the resource Large crowd of people set up for a photo in front of the Summitville Methodist Church Description An account of the resource "Summitville Methodist Church" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Methodist Church, Stained Glass Window, Crowd, Formal Attire, Big Hats, Portrait Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/16/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesley Vaughn-Gaddis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e426cfc614f13bae69a6410ce6ac54bb.jpg 2362640a843070fc1e7f3b8b7996c08c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1650 Title A name given to the resource Class photo with elementary school girls and their Teacher in front of stained glass window Description An account of the resource "Summitville Methodist Church" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. School, Class, Girls, Woman, Teacher, Stained Glass, Church, Methodist, Elementary, Young, Blue X Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/16/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesley Vaughn-Gaddis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/bd900a731c93a65eb5484e590bfd2d74.jpg 6cac6eff609e2ac943125b02d8899241 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1651 Title A name given to the resource 1921 girls basketball team picture with coach Lillian Marquis at Oak Grove School Description An account of the resource "1921 Oak Grove Girls Basketball Team." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Sports, Basketball, Girls, Oak Grove School, Coach, Lillian Marquis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/16/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesley Vaughn-Gaddis Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/5340b90195f17644df3ef8412d517608.jpg 0f6f84a6ae365d2c21dcb9f260520147 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 294 Title A name given to the resource Osborn School Picture. Description An account of the resource First Row - left to right. Lila Ellis, Benjamin Farr, Richard Ott, Katherine Fetz, Roy Erdman, Jack Coston, Bobby Harrison, Jane Ann Ring. Second Row - left to right. Madonna Ewing, Kathryn Leeson, Doreen Jones, Rebecca Orbaugh, Carol Leeson, Verna Jean Adair, Betty Ritter, Jean Parril. Date: September 1935. School: Osborn. Teacher: Miss Riser. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Osborn Schoolhouse, Elwood, IN. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/01/1935 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lewellyn. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1621 Title A name given to the resource Edna Lucile Knotts Description An account of the resource Picture of Edna Lucile Knotts, daughter of Henry Knotts. Graduate of Indiana Normal School in Muncie( Ball State ) Professor Emeritus of English. Taught in Anderson, Summitville and Muncie. She died about 1963-65 and is buried in Elwood with her parents. Known as Lucille, she grew up on a farm just east of Summitville. A large dorm at Ball State named and dedicated in her honor (Knotts Hall) The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted to the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Linda Lou Knotts Harris, Summitville Memories, Summitville, Indiana, Edna Lucile Knotts, Indiana Normal School, Muncie, Ball State, Professor Emeritus, English, Anderson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana 46070 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/11/2017 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Linda Lou Knotts Harris Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/749f3cd74460a1653832163894bf21e4.pdf e7951a62062c17c4fef0d4fd85af3b8a PDF Text Text The Megaphone Elwood, Indiana Elwood High School(s) Volume 1, No.1 November 15, 2000 Welcome . . . . . . to the First Edition of our electronic Megaphone! As the months unfold, this newest version of the Megaphone will become a monthly feature of our Panther Den Online. We welcome contributions from anyone interested in providing submissions for publication online. Feel free to forward your work to mcrim1361@att.net. Regards, Marvin Crim, WLWHS Class of '57 Contents Page 1 . . . The Original Panther Den -- Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd Your Hometown Today -- Sharon (Benedict) Hurst Page 2 . . . An Old, Really OLD Photo -- "I Am" (?) She Had a Cold -- Julie (Stout) Duffitt Page 3 . . . Denite Gatherings ARE The Best Medicine -- Lois O. Lane Held by the Night -- Sharon (Woods) Schwartz Page 4 . . . Did You Ever Wonder? Do You Know? -- Lois O. Lane Meet the Moderator -- Genie (Forst) Boyer �The Original Panther Den by Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd Hi, Denmates, I came across the following article on microfilm from the Elwood Call-Leader, dated Feb. 4, 1947, about how the Panther Den came into being: "At approximately 7 o'clock Saturday night, Feb. 3, 1945, the doors of the Panther Den were opened to the students of the Wendell L. Willkie High School for the first time. Today, two years later, this thing that had been the dream of many of the students, teachers and citizens of Elwood has really become a reality. Two years ago, the question was raised, 'Will it be permanent?' And through the hard work of the students and their teachers, it has become a permanent part of the school. The whole idea of a youth recreation center is one several years old here in Elwood. Many years ago, during the depression, a Recreation Committee, composed of teachers and townspeople, established a recreation room in the City Building. This was really the start of a growing movement which has helped to make the Panther Den possible. At the beginning of the school year in 1944, the idea of having a recreation center was brought up at the Student Council. All of the students in high school favored the idea. The Student Council and the senior class of 1945 took the responsibility of organizing this recreation center - which was later to be called the Panther Den. They collected money from different businessmen in town and sold membership cards to the students. They decided on the old gym as the place to have the Den. The greatest change was observed by those who saw it last as a drab gymnasium. For today it is one of the brightest, modern places in Elwood. Most of the work was done by the students and the teachers. What used to be the boys' shower room was made into a lounge room. It has nice furniture and up-to-date magazines to be read. Along the sides of the Panther Den are booths. There is a music room and a concession stand. The students have also obtained a 'juke box.' There are two pool tables, four ping-pong tables, cards and games of all kinds. The Den is open to the students every Tuesday and Saturday nights from 7 until 11 o'clock. The present officers of the Panther Den are George Acres, president and Marjorie Waymire, financial secretary. Miss Mary Allen is the sponsor. The students and the officers have arranged to have a band once a month so that the students can have 'live music' for dancing. It would be impossible to name any one person responsible for the Panther Den. It only shows what can be done by a group of determined and cooperative people in a democratic society." So . . . look what the Panther Den is today, 55 years later . . . electronic communication for fun and reminiscences for Panthers across the entire United States. Amazing! Love to all, Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd, '56 in Elwood �Your Hometown Today by Sharon (Benedict) Hurst Hello, Denites, A quick update on your hometown, Elwood, Indiana . . . Anderson Street should be open from Main to the RR track this week. The globes for the lights are here. The posts are not, but should be fairly soon. There are benches, flower pots and trash containers here. The "brick" along the sidewalks and in the cross walks looks great. All will be very surprised when they see this. Our Main Street Committee has put a display in one of the empty windows on Main Street and it looks good. There are two businesses that are interested in doing windows uptown too. There are also two (2) persons who are wanting to open new businesses uptown. The restaurant on the corner of So. A St. and Anderson St. (where Tam's Drug Store used to be) is coming along well and will be well appreciated by all. Economic Development is a priority subject right now. There are many things coming together and it looks very promising for our old hometown. Of course, the sesquicentennial in 2002 is another big workshop for our townspeople. We are planning to have a celebration similar to the one in 1952 and have called out the troops (figuratively speaking). We have the paper work for a new program called the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) signed and ready to go. This will assist women who are not eligible for Medicaid and who do not have insurance or are under insured to obtain diagnostic testing. We also are developing a Resource Center through St Vincent Mercy Hospital which is located at 1525 So. A Street next to the License Bureau. There will be all types of information available in Spanish and English. Online computers, TV/VCR's and reading materials will be there for community access. This has all come together in the past year and the Community Relations Department at the hospital is working with the Robin's Rest to bring awareness, education and assistance to the people in our community through these and other programs which will be available. This is a very exciting time to be here in Elwood and to see the progress that is happening. This is just a sampling of what has been accomplished the last 6 or 7 months with only a small percentage of our community actively involved. If all of our community were to become involved, it would be difficult to think about what this town could become. We would be limited only by what we had not yet dreamed about. Until next time, your roving community reporter, Sharon (Benedict) Hurst, '53 Now in Elwood, IN To Page 2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3669 Title A name given to the resource First Edition of the Electronic Megaphone Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/15/2000 Description An account of the resource A snippet from the first edition of the electronic Megaphone. Notes: Marvin Crim, Panther Den, Megaphone, Loretta Jarvis, Elwood, Indiana, Sharon Benedict Hurst https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/3ece2746521b9b512de303316cd8181f.pdf ee8a4220374ee50bfe77981a6f5ca75c PDF Text Text Pennsylvania Railroad’s *The UNION* Westbound Consist from Cincinnati to Chicago on Monday, January 27, 1947 Sometime in the mid-70s, I found a 1970 publication listing Passenger Train Consists of the 1940s. I skimmed through it, but had little interest in B&O, NYC, Santa Fe or Union Pacific consists and I started to put it back down. One lasting moment changed everything. I started from the back and started quickly flipping the pages until I skipped right by a PRR listing. I went back and couldn’t believe what I’d found. It was the consist of PRR’s *The UNION* passenger train for the westbound section from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chicago. That train had to pass through Elwood. And that’s only the beginning. Passenger Train Consists of the 1940s Paperback – January 1, 1970 by Robert J. Wayner (Editor) / The library has a copy. It was Monday, January 27, 1947 . . . when the Pennsylvania Railroad’s *The UNION* passenger train stopped in ELWOOD on its way westbound/northbound from Cincinnati to Chicago. The consist for *The UNION* that day was: PRR 5377 PRR 6264 PRR 4393 PRR 3207 COURIER PRR 9862 PRR 4395 PRR 4467 LUCRETIA MOTT 4-6-2 K4 Steam Locomotive Baggage-Express Car Coach Coach Parlor-Café Lounge Car Coach Coach Dining Car Parlor Car (28 seats, 1 D.R.) Marvin Crim – WLWHS 1957 And NOW . . . the rest of the story . . . from the Kokomo Tribune / Elwood Call-Leader Walton, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1947 Submitted by Stu Beitler https://www.gendisasters.com/indiana/14891/walton-in-train-wreck-jan-1947?page=0,0 4 DEAD 36 HURT IN WALTON TRAIN WRECK. 36 PERSONS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES TO 19 LISTED AS SERIOUS; RAIL OFFICIALS AND POLICE SAY ROLL OF WIRE ON TRACKS CAUSED CRASH; FBI STARTS INVESTIGATION. Walton, Ind., Jan. 28. -- Four persons, two of them from Kokomo, were killed, and almost a score injured when the Pennsylvania railroad's "Union" passenger train, bound north from Cincinnati to Chicago, struck a bale of fencing wire and piled up here Monday night about 6 o'clock. �Conflicting reports were that from 16 to 20 persons were injured and as many as 36 hospitalized, some for only minor scratches and bruises. The engineer, N. J. LAMARTIME, 61, of Richmond, was one of the most seriously injured. He suffered a cut over the eye and a sprained back, with possible internal injuries. Caught in the wreckage of the engine cab, he heroically directed the work of rescuers in cutting pipes to free him. He was taken to the St. Joseph hospital in Logansport, but it was believed his condition was not critical. Four cars of the eight-car train were thrown crossways of the rails, two others were derailed, and the engine was turned completely around and hurled over on its side. It was the worst railroad accident in the Kokomo area in 40 years or more. Railroad men estimated that the train was traveling about 80 miles an hour. Engineer LAMARTINE said he didn't know what caused the wreck but that he felt a sudden bump as the train reached the southeast outskirts of Walton. This, it is believed, was the roll of wire fence which had fallen on the rails from a storage pile alongside the track, or had been placed there. LAMARTINE said he threw on the air brakes immediately and the engine turned over soon afterward. It appeared that the bale of wire had been caught by the engine and carried down the track to a switch. The roll of wire, about two feet wide and containing some pipe, weighted about 400 pounds. The train pushed it a short distance down the track and then the wire jammed into the switch. There was one story that thieves might have been in the act of stealing the bale of wire and that it fell off their truck as the train approached. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Indiana state police opened an investigation of this report today. State Police Lieut. John R. Fisher and A. F. McIntyre, Pennsylvania superintendent, said the roll of wire was found jammed into the switch. Fisher said, "This couldn't have been an accident. It was either sabotage or larceny. Someone either placed the wire on the track or it caught there while they were trying to steal it." With the brakes slammed on, the fast-moving train screeched through the full length of town and when it reached the northwest edge of town the engine leaped the track. The big locomotive was torn loose from the train, reversed its direction and toppled over on its side before coming to a stop. The other cars careened wildly, one of them crashing into the Farmers Grain elevator alongside the track. The baggage car and three passenger coaches piled up in the wake of the locomotive. Great sections of the track were ripped up, and the cab was torn off and smashed. The baggage car, which was first in line behind the engine, was ripped into shreds and was a shambles. Part of it hung grotesquely in the air and baggage tumbled out of it and onto the tops of the other cars. The next car, in which the three passengers were killed, was crushed at the rear end, the victims all having been sitting in that part of the coach. The three other coaches ploughed into each other, two of them hurtling diagonally across the track in a jackknife shape. One car was jammed with terrific force under the baggage coach and under a part of the engine tender. Another coach crashed into the Farmers elevator, smashing into two carloads of grain that were standing on a side track and tearing a great hole in the elevator wall. The 80-foot elevator was moved six inches on its foundation. The grain -- 1,500 bushels of corn and 4,000 bushels of oats -- tumbled out in a big spill. D. E. Fitzer, elevator manager, said most of the grain could be saved. Some of the coaches were shorn from their wheels, and the scene was one of havoc. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE, who had been friends for some years, were crushed in the wreckage and ground in cinders of the road bed. �PERKINSON, who also was in the first coach behind the baggage car, was buried in the wreckage and it was several hours after the wreck before his body was removed. Rescue workers used acetylene torches to get the body out of the tangled steel and debris. The third and fourth cars, which were day coaches, crisscrossed the rails, but no one was seriously hurt in either of them. The fifth and sixth cars were derailed, but remained upright on the right-ofway. The seventh car was the diner and it and the last car, a chair coach, remained on the track. Residents in this town of 800 persons rushed to the track and then hurriedly summoned ambulances from Kokomo, Logansport and Peru. Three of the injured were brought to the St. Joseph hospital in Kokomo. There was little panic at the scene. The injured waited patiently for medical attention, and passengers who were unhurt filed out of the coaches in orderly fashion. Walton residents and passengers on the train said there was a heavy thud as the coaches piled into each other. Eyewitnesses told of sparks flying from the engine as the brakes were applied. The train, which formerly left Kokomo at 5:19 p.m. had been changed to a new time schedule, and pulled out of Kokomo at 5:45 on time. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE were going to Logansport where PISCHKE operated a night club known as the Logan club and where MISS KINGERY was said to have been in charge of the hat check room. MISS KINGERY'S body was removed to the Wolf mortuary in Walton and PISCHKE'S body was taken to the Case-Miller funeral home in Logansport. MISS KINGERY was reported survived by her mother, Mrs. Mabel Kingery of Greentown, and two half-sisters, Dorothy Scherer of Kokomo and Mrs. Russell Dean of Indianapolis. PISCHKE'S survivors were reported to be his widow, who lives in South Bend, and a son in Washington, D.C. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE had met at the Hotel Frances and then had gone to the Pennsylvania railroad station to take the train. PISCHKE, it was said, had decided to make the trip by rail instead of by automobile because of the fact that his car was in a garage undergoing repairs. The Casualties. The Dead: MISS KATHRYN MARIE KINGERY, 25, 210 West Taylor Street, Kokomo. WALTER PISCHKE, 45, 611 West Defenbaugh Street, Kokomo. C. A. WISLER, 700 1/2 Main Street, Richmond, Ind., fireman. H. G. PERKINSON, 2029 Madison Avenue, Anderson, Ind. The Injured: Injured at Cass County Hospital, Logansport, Ind. HAROLD McDANIEL, Liberty, Ind. MRS. J. R. KING, Silver Lake, Ind. DONALD C. ROWE, Longansport. ALLEN TERHUNE, 65, Richmond, conductor. THOMAS HACKMAN, 24, Cincinnati, student at Notre Dame, injuries "probably serious." MRS. WILLIAM KNEPPER, Logansport. MRS. W. O. HILL, Chicago. MR. and MRS. A. C. MILLER, Chicago. Injured at St. Joseph's Hospital, Logansport. N. J. LAMARTINE, Richmond, Ind., engineer. GEORGE CAULKINS, Richmond, Ind., brakeman. �Sgt. KENNETH SHANNON, Anderson, Ind. WILLIAM LORCH, 31, Xenia, O. MRS. DORIS COLENS, 48, Richmond. Pvt. RUSSELL SHOWALTER, Fort Sheridan, Ill. MRS. DOROTHY COENS, Richmond, Ind., a nurse. CELESTYNE WEBSTER, nurse, Cook County Hospital, Chicago. MRS. DAISY SCOTT, Chicago. WILLIAM LARCH, Dallas City, Ill. Injured treated and released from St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo: MRS. MERLE COULSON, 25, Logansport, Ind. Pvt. ANDRE C. KERINUK, 19, Newport, Ky. WILLIS DISHNER, 27, Brookville, Ohio. Injured at Miami County Hospital, Peru, Ind.: EDITH CECILIA SWEAT, Logansport. Others who were injured slightly but released after treatment included: PERRY HOLLOWAY, Chicago, cook on train. GERHARD DRAP, Connersville, Ind. J. R. WILSON, Loveland, O. H. G. DOUGHERTY, Hamilton, O. W. W. HODGE, Louisville, Ky. MARY ALBERS, Nautika, Calif. CLARENCE and MINNETA ALDRED, Yakima, Wash. MRS. O. C. ATWOOD, Anderson, Ind. MRS. MARK BROWN, Wilmette, Ill. MRS. PEARL WILLIAMS, New Castle, Ind. MRS. E. R. BROOKS, Dayton, O. D. V. SMITH, Chicago. R. D. WILLHITE, Anderson, Ind. MR. and MRS. J. I. DIXON, Chicago. Kokomo Tribune Indiana 1947-01-28 A) Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society: Jan. 27, 1947 Passenger train derailed at Walton, Ind., by wire coil placed on track by two boys; 6 killed; 20 injured. (NYT) MY NOTE: Number of deaths should read 4, not 6 http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1947.pdf B) And confirmed by the FBI / Kokomo Tribune . . . two young boys . . . and 4 deaths The two boys were identified as Lysle Graves, 10, and Jack Sprinkles, 11. There were photos of both boys. Kokomo Tribune 31 January 1947 �Additional Notes: Thursday, 13 March 1947 – pg 14 - Elwood Call-Leader --------------------------------------------------- Youth Wreckers Are Sent Away Logansport, Ind. – (UP) – Society has collected its debt from two young boys accused of causing a fatal train wreck, but the public may never know what happened to them. ... Observers speculated that the boys may have been sent to a private or state home or institution to remain until they reach the age of 21. ---------------------------------------------My Notes: *Two of the four, believed to have died from being thrown to the roadbed in the accident, were actually scalded to death from steam leaking from the steam locomotive that had overturned. *The boys were identified in this Call-Leader account as 11-year-old Lysle Graves and 10-year-old Jack Sprinkle of Walton. Their ages were reported to be from 10 to 12 years old and were often reversed by the newspapers. *The line from Cincinnati to Chicago has always been considered an eastbound/westbound line by the railroad companies. Although often noted locally northbound and southbound, until abandoned in 1976, the railroads classified it as an eastbound/westbound route. *It’s been confirmed; at the time of the Walton wreck, Lysle Graves was 11 and Jack Sprinkle was 10. *Elwood Call-Leader / Tuesday, January 28, 1947 TRAIN WRECK KILLS 4 – NO ACCIDENT Former Elwood Man Dies In Walton Crash FBI Believes Wreck Sabotage Or Larceny “Among those dead in the train crash at Walton last night was a former Elwood man, C. A. Whisler, now of Richmond.” . . . “The former Elwood man was the fireman on the ill-fated train.” *Elwood Call-Leader / Tuesday, January 28, 1947 Tom Rood Is Relief Operator At Walton Tom Rood, 18 years old, of [1606] South D Street, was called last night to the scene of the Walton train wreck, where he was to work as a relief operator. He will be in charge of the office in Walton during the emergency. �*Elwood Call-Leader / Thursday, January 30, 1947 <Front page photo from the train wreck> Where A Former Elwood Man Died in Indiana Train Wreck [PHOTO] TWO WALTON YOUTHS, ages 11 and 12 years, have admitted putting the 175-pound bale of fence wire on the Pennsylvania railroad track which caused the train wreck that took the lies of four. In the wreck, C. A. Whisler, fireman on the ill-fated train, met his death. Mr. Whisler, who made his home in Richmond at the time of his death, was formerly of Elwood. Mr. Whisler’s body lies in the above pictured wreckage of the train. Column to the right of the photo: Youths Admit Placing Wire Bale On Track “Just Wanted To See What Would Happen” *Additional news account and continued on Page 6 Marvin Crim – WLWHS 1957 Jamie Scott – Director / North Madison County Public Library System PRRs The Union Wreck - 27 January 1947 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3671 Title A name given to the resource Pennsylvania Railroad's *The Union* Westbound Consist Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Description An account of the resource Pennsylvania Railroad's *The Union* Westbound Consist from Cincinnati to Chicago on Monday, January 27, 1947 wrecked in Walton, Indiana Notes: Pennsylvania, Railroad, The Union, Walton, Indiana, Marvin Crim, train wreck https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e73d5d9550f23ca235910f67c27a94e8.pdf 55048f7ab7237b51e49de3e0d55bd5db PDF Text Text The Panther Den How It Started by Marvin Crim, WLWHS 1957 "It was a dark and stormy night." I've always admired Snoopy's creative genius. I feel that same spark (I'm tryin' to think but nothin's happening) as I try to put this to words. Many have asked and few know how the Panther Den Online started . . . sooooo, here we go. A home page? Why not? So many Internet providers allow free space for each subscriber to post their personal web page(s) online as part of their membership privileges. But a home page? Consisting of what? And putting a page online couldn't be easy . . . !!? During the fall of 1998, I thought about the possibility of a "Panther Den" or something like it . . . already existing on the Internet. I felt I was experiencing the Internet as a latecomer . . . and that among other things . . . someone . . . somewhere . . . somehow . . . had developed a web site similar to a "Classmates" web site . . . just for Elwood, Indiana. I spent quite some time searching for such a web site and could find nothing. The choice was obvious for me. Why not use the "Panther Den" as a theme . . . and build an interest in letting other Internet users who grew up in and around Elwood . . . and anyone with an interest in Elwood . . . in using the "Panther Den" as a common channel for staying in touch and letting others know about what we were doing. We . . . ??? I hadn't put a single page online yet. I had grown fond of Netscape Communicator and soon discovered Netscape Composer. It allows you to simply input your own text . . . insert images, sound files . . . and set the page attributes . . . without having to learn to write "html" tags. In the early months of 1999, I set about putting some ideas together along with a few files I'd found online. It wasn't long until I �had my "Panther Den" web page . . . ready to publish to the worldwide web? How on earth does anyone do that? This was looking to be more trouble than it must be worth. But a little searching found that AT&T, my Internet provider, offered a shortcut to publish their member's home pages to the Internet . . . and after a few miscues . . . I found I could access . . . from the Internet . . . my very own . . . one page . . . home page, the "Panther Den." The home page of today's "Panther Den" . . . http://www.elwood.org/pantherden (no longer valid) . . . closely resembles that very first page I posted online in April of 1999. I knew Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd '56 worked at the Elwood Public Library and stopped her one day to mention my idea and what I had posted to the web. I gave her the address for my home page, mentioning that I used the Panther Den as a theme and maybe she'd find it interesting. I wanted her to take a look at it and let me know what she thought. On my next visit to the library, she had yet to take a look at it and I sensed a reluctance to give it serious consideration. Oh, well . . . maybe I could tinker with it over the next few weeks or so . . . and find someone . . . anyone . . . who might at least give it a look. Well, something happened. I don't remember the exact details . . . but Loretta let me know . . . she had finally taken a look at that home page of mine . . . and you won't believe what she admitted to doing . . . I think she was in the Indiana Room at the library . . . and when she saw the suggestion to "Please stand . . . click here . . . and join in!" . . . well, she did exactly that. I think she'll tell you today that once she heard Elwood's Fight Song, she was hooked. We soon added several who were in touch with Loretta along with some that I contacted inviting them to take a look at our "Panther Den." I found a couple of html tags I could use to enhance the web pages, added another couple of pages now and then . . . and opened a mail list that started with about with about 16 people. It wasn't long until I heard from Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell '78 who had secured the domain for the Elwood web site. We discussed the possibility of the Panther Den placing its home page on the www.elwood.org web site to give it worldwide web access. It's worked extremely well for both of us and we're in the process of eventually moving the entire Panther Den to the Elwood site. Teresa's involvement helped us turn the corner. The Panther Den is a work in progress. Each of the pages was an idea simply published to the Internet and thus shared so easily with anyone who has access to a computer. There will soon be the need for new names and faces to step up and assist with the upkeep of this web site. The Hall Clock is a weekly column. The Megaphone is a monthly newsletter published online. And the mail list needs constant attention. �But now . . . anyone wanting a means of contacting and staying in touch with old classmates and friends, teachers, new acquaintances . . . and their old home town of Elwood, Indiana . . . can do that . . . the same way most of us always did . . . by gathering at the Panther Den. It has indeed . . . been my pleasure . . . !!! Transport me . . . in the twinkling of an eye . . . to the Lynx page. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-428 Title A name given to the resource The Panther Den - How it Started Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/06/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Panther Den - Marvin Crim Description An account of the resource Panther Den, Marvin Crim, Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd, Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/9d09dbc6b1403dba9ff62527f66fce43.pdf d405c1dd808f62bc4962d62a76306f88 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Quincy's First Rail Line The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline for the First Rail Line into Quincy Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) Updated: October 17, 2013 Revised: August 20, 2021 The Pan Handle Freight House (left); and the Passenger Station (center) built in 1894 �The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline 1857 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) 1860 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Co. 1865 -- Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Co. (No. 4) 1868 -- Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Railway Co. 1869 -- Pennsylvania RR, lease Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central 1884 -- Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad Co. (of Indiana) 1884 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company 1890 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 1917 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. 1921 -- Pennsylvania Railroad, lease PCC&StL (for 999 years) 1957 -- PCC&StL ownership transfer to: *Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad 1968 -- Penn Central – February 1, 1968 1976 -- CONRAIL abandoned the line on April 1, 1976 – END OF THE LINE *Well, almost. The date seemed appropriate . . . the Penn Central crew the day before inadvertently left cars on the siding across from the depot. CONRAIL had to come to ELWOOD for one (1) day to retrieve those cars. I know. There was an eyewitness. Verification It was a dark and stormy night. The very next day, March 6, 1857, The Democratic Standard (an Anderson newspaper), started a series of reports about the first rail line that was to pass through Quincy. The town wouldn't change its name to Elwood for another dozen years or so. Statements and recollections regarding dates and names surrounding the building of the first rail line through Quincy that are contrary to accounts on record have been repeated endlessly to this day. Newspapers, books and current websites perpetuate accounts in conflict with available records. The first leg of this journey consists of transcribed articles from The Democratic Standard describing the events as they unfolded. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 6, 1857 Railroads in Anderson There is now every prospect for an early completion of the Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road, under the management of J. W. Wright & Co., every thing seems to prosper. Men are busy at all points between here and Kokomo grading and laying track. There is now on hand a large amount of iron, ties, etc., which will be immediately put down. There is no doubt but that this road will be in good running order by the 1st of May to Logansport. The I. P. & C. R. R1 is also doing a fine business. Why is it that Anderson having these advantages cannot go ahead and be one of the best towns in this part of Indiana? It depends upon the citizens to say it shall and it will. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 20, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We understand that the track laying of the Cincinnati & Chicago R. R., will be completed to Frankton this week. We are informed, however, that there will be no regular passenger train run further than Anderson, until the road is completed to Kokomo, which will be sometime in June next. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous On last week the C. & C. R. R. track was finished to Frankton to which point goods are now conveyed by Mr. Frank Olmstead’s train, and a more obliging conductor and engineer is hard to find. Mr. Wilson, the gentleman having charge of the track laying of this road is entitled to much credit for the workmanlike manner in which he has performed his duties. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 10, 1857 Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road This road is now finished some 12 miles beyond Anderson North West. The grading is all done to Kokomo, which is 36 miles from this place, and but 24 miles of iron yet to lay. We may hope it will soon be completed, which will be a direct route from Logansport and the Wabash Valley, to Cincinnati, via., Anderson. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 12, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We enjoyed very much a ride out to Quincy on last Saturday, on Mr. Frank Olmstead’s gravel train. Frank is indeed a clever and industrious young gentleman and is filling his post to great advantage to the company. May his run through life be as pleasant as it has been on the road from here to Quincy. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 26, 1857 Opening of the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad to Logansport The 4th of July will be celebrated at Logansport, where a dinner will be prepared and a speech will be delivered by Hon. D. D. Pratt, of Logansport. As the Cin. & Chicago R. R. will be completed, its opening will be celebrated at that time by an Excursion Train from Cincinnati to Logansport on the 3rd of July, leaving Cincinnati at 5:30 A. M. Leaving Richmond 8:30 A. M. and return on the evening of the 4th. Fare on this train half the usual rates. The citizens of Logansport have invited the State officers and the municipal authorities of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton, Richmond, Newcastle, and Andersontown, and the lessees have invited their railroad friends to be with them at that time. Free passes over the road, and entertainment will be furnished to all such invited quests at Logansport. Ample provisions are being made by the citizens of Logansport to accommodate all persons visiting their town on that occasion. Half fare tickets to Logansport and return will be sold at all regular stations where tickets are now sold, good from date until the 10th of July. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous The excursion train from Cincinnati to Logansport will arrive at Anderson at 11 o’clock today and the passengers will be treated to a free dinner in Stillwell’s Warehouse. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 10, 1857 The C. & C. Rail Road The iron is laid on this road north as far as Logansport. The opening of the road was celebrated at Logansport on the fourth of July. Quite a large number of persons were present at Logansport, from Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton and other places. Everything passed off harmoniously, and as far as we are advised, to the satisfaction of all present. It being the Anniversary of American Independence, that memorable day of American Independence was celebrated in connection with the opening of the road. Hon. G. N. Fitch, U. S. Senator for Indiana, was the orator of the day. He delivered a patriotic discourse. The exercises consisted of reading the Declaration of Independence, vocal and instrumental music, toasts, speeches, etc. No accident happened to the trains or passengers worthy of notice. Passengers can now leave Logansport in the morning and arrive at Cincinnati in the evening. Summary Work on this stretch of railroad started well before 1857. But several corporate decisions prevented it from being completed to Logansport until 1857. The rails were not in place until after the first of the year in 1857. The July 4 trip by train to Quincy in celebration of the opening of this line was in 1857. Any speculation that the line might have been in service any time prior to 1857 is inconsistent with corporate records and accounts of the day. The name of the corporate entity responsible for the building of the first line through Quincy was the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Company (No. 2). The railroad so often credited with building the line, the Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Company, did not become a corporate entity until the year 1860. It could not have been the railroad involved in 1856 and 1857. �1 The IP&C RR was the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad that ran from through Tipton, Indiana. It later became part of the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and eventually the Nickel Plate Road. But the devil is in the details . . . and here they are . . . starting in 1848. The New Castle and Richmond Railroad was chartered February 16, 1848, in Indiana to build a line from New Castle east via Hagerstown and Washington to Richmond. The company was authorized on January 24, 1851, to extend northwest beyond New Castle to Lafayette. On February 26, 1853, it was renamed the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway to better reflect its expanded role. The original line opened between New Castle and Richmond in December 1853, and it was operated jointly with the Richmond and Miami Railroad and Eaton and Hamilton Railroad, which continued the line southwest to Hamilton, Ohio. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, connecting Hamilton to Cincinnati, joined the operations on February 1, 1854. The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway was incorporated in Indiana on January 25, 1853, to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line; the Cincinnati, New Castle and Michigan Railroad was incorporated April 11 of the same year to build northwest from New Castle towards St. Joseph, Michigan. The two companies merged May 1, 1854, to form the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 1). Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2) – August/October 1854 On October 10, 1854 the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway was merged into the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2). The unfinished line between Richmond and Logansport was leased to John W. Wright and Company on October 16, 1856. That company began operating it on December 1, and the joint operation towards Cincinnati ended. The full line between Richmond and Logansport opened on July 4, 1857. That line was sold at foreclosure on April 28, 1860 and reorganized July 10 as the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad. Grading had been done from Wabash southeast to the Ohio state line; portions were later sold to the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad and Connersville and New Castle Junction Railroad. On September 25, 1857 the Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad was chartered in Indiana to build a line from Logansport northwest to Valparaiso. That line opened in 1861, connecting at Valparaiso with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway to Chicago. The Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line opened a bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport on September 25, 1861, connecting it to the Chicago and Cincinnati. Joint operation between Richmond and Chicago began July 1, 1862 and ended January 29, 1865. �The Galena and Illinois River Railroad was chartered in Illinois on February 18, 1857 to build from Galena through Chicago to the Indiana state line towards Lansing, Michigan. The Chicago and Great Eastern Railway was incorporated in Indiana on June 19, 1863 to build from Logansport northwest to the Illinois state line towards Chicago. The charter of the G&IR was assigned to the C&GE on September 11, 1863, and the C&GE absorbed the G&IR on October 30. The line from Chicago (12th Street) south and southeast to the Chicago and Cincinnati at La Crosse, Indiana opened March 6, 1865, and the old line northwest from La Crosse to Valparaiso was abandoned. On May 15, 1865 the Chicago & Great Eastern Railway absorbed the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad and Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad. The Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on May 11, 1852 to build from Union City northwest to Marion. On May 14, 1853 the Marion and Logansport Railroad was incorporated to continue northwest from Marion to Logansport. The M&L conveyed its property to the M&MV on November 28, 1854. The Union and Logansport Railroad was incorporated January 5, 1863, and bought the unfinished M&MW on January 9. In the meantime, the Logansport and Pacific Railroad was incorporated in 1853 to build from Logansport west to the Illinois state line. After several reorganizations, the Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railroad opened to the Illinois state line near Effner in 1859. The Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad continued as part of a line to the U.S. West, bypassing Chicago. On September 11, 1867 the Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway, Union and Logansport Railroad and Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway merged to form the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway. The main line, formerly being built by the Union and Logansport, opened from Union City to Marion in October 1867. On February 12, 1868 the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway was formed as a merger of the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway. The rest of the new main line, from Marion northwest to Anoka, on the old main line east of Logansport, was completed March 15, 1868, making the old route via New Castle and Richmond into a branch. The CC&IC now had main lines from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago and Indianapolis, Indiana, with branches from near Logansport, Indiana southeast to Richmond, Indiana (on the Indianapolis line) and west to Effner, Indiana. The Erie Railway offered in late 1868 to lease the CC&IC, but the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway made a better offer on January 22, 1869, leasing it on February 1. On December 1, 1869 (retroactive from February 23, 1870) the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway leased the Little Miami Railroad. This included the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, Dayton and Western Railroad and Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad, as well as the Richmond and Miami Railway's branch west to Richmond, Indiana. With that lease, the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired access to Cincinnati. �With the 1870 completion of the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad and Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road, the PRR now had a route to East St. Louis via the PC&StL to Indianapolis. The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure on January 10, 1883. The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, and the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad. That company was merged with the PC&StL, Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad and Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad on September 30, 1890 to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway. In 1891 the PCC&StL acquired stock ownership of the Little Miami Railroad. On December 21, 1916 (taking effect January 1, 1917), the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway merged with the Vandalia Railroad, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad, Anderson Belt Railway and Chicago, Indiana and Eastern Railway, forming the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. The PCC&StL was leased by the PRR on January 1, 1921, and merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad on April 2, 1956. Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Penn Central CONRAIL (line abandoned in 1976) References: The Democratic Standard – Anderson, Indiana 1857 Anderson Public Library – Indiana Room Corporate Genealogy Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway - The Panhandle http://www.div11-mcr-nmra.info/PRRhist/pcc_stl.htm Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 I_Quincy’s_First_Rail_Line.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-424 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Quincy's First Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/958ff5a7f0db9cd2eeec3efc81c362c3.pdf 5d37afc260a95fa48eb72825b5871fae PDF Text Text The Elwood Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 3 Richmond – Logansport (PRR/PC) Added: October 24, 2013 CINCINNATI NIGHT EXPRESS/CHICAGO NIGHT EXPRESS Est. 3/22/1914 from CHICAGO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL and MIDNIGHT EXPRESS; #9-12; overnight train Cincinnati-Logansport-Chicago; renumbered #236-237 5/28/1916; #236 renamed THE SOUTHLAND 7/1/1917; restored as #236 11/25/1917; renumbered #202 (12/1918-2/10/24); renumbered #200 and renamed CINCINNATI MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (2/10/24-4/24/27) (#236 assigned to SOUTHLAND 5/22/19-2/10/24); old name and number #236-237 restored 12/2/1928; name dropped 4/27/1951; last trip 6/28/1952; reduced to RichmondLogansport local. (NOTE: SOUTHLAND runs as separate train, winter-only in 191819) THE SOUTHLAND Est. 11/21/1915 by renaming THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMITED and extending it to Chicago; PRR #16-17; through train Chicago-Fort Wayne-Ridgeville-RichmondCincinnati-Atlanta-Jacksonville via L&N-CofG-ACL; renumbered PRR #206-207/L&N #32-33 5/28/1916; renumbered #236-207 7/1/1917; renumbered #206-207 11/25/1917 - prob. separate train only in winter; renumbered #307-336 (7/1/17-7/ /18); (last trip for war 6/22/1918; revived ___); renumbered #201-236 12/14/1922; revived as year-round train, Cincinnati-Atlanta 4/30/1922 (?); through cars to St. Petersburg added 12/16/1922; through cars to Miami added 12/1/1923; through sleepers to Tampa via Ft. Wayne and Detroit-Ft. Wayne-St. Petersburg added 12/2/1928; renumbered #200-201 11/1/1928; called THE NEW SOUTHLAND 12/11/1935-11/6/1938; west coast section combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Albany, Ga., 12/12/1946; shifted from route via Fort Wayne to via Logansport and Ridgeville 9/26/1948; shifted to direct route between Logansport and Richmond 4/30/1950; east coast cars combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Atlanta 7/15/1952; renumbered #74-75 4/29/1956; discontinued 11/29/1957 including last ChicagoFlorida sleepers; PRR portion of train renamed THE BUCKEYE 12/1/1957. �INDIANA ARROW Est. 9/27/1936 by naming #319-320; Chicago-Louisville and #219-220 Logansport-Richmond; last trip 4/24/1937; replaced by unnamed local #319-320. THE UNION Est. 4/2/1933; #207-208; day train Chicago-Cincinnati via Fort Wayne and Ridgeville; rerouted to direct line via Logansport and Richmond 4/27/1937; renumbered #71-72 4/29/1956; last trip Logansport-Columbus connection #80-81 10/27/1956; name dropped eff. 10/25/1959; Chicago-Dayton coach discontinued 7/29/1959; #72 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and Richmond-Cincinnati 10/25/1959; #72 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #71 renumbered #65 4/28/1968; last trip #65 4/30/1971. The UNION on the left THE RED BIRD Est. 12/12/1952 by renaming CHICAGO/CINCINNATI DAYLIGHT EXPRESS; #215-216; Chicago-Cincinnati via Logansport; renumbered #70-73 4/29/1956; name dropped and #73 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and RichmondCincinnati, last trip 10/24/1959; #73 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #70 retained as unnamed local; renumbered #66 4/28/1968; discontinued 4/30/1971. THE BUCKEYE Est. 12/1/1957 by renaming PRR section of the former SOUTHLAND; #74-75; Cincinnati-Chicago via Richmond and Logansport; renumbered #67-68 and name dropped 4/28/1968; last trip 2/19/1969; connecting train #86-87 between Richmond and Columbus last trip 2/4/1969. �The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 4 Muncie – Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Updated: October 24, 2013 What's in a Name? Probably the least heralded Nickel Plate long-distance trains were the Cleveland - St. Louis Nos. 9/10. Inaugurated February 19, 1928, the trains went unnamed until October 28, 1956, when they became the Blue Arrow (westbound) and the Blue Dart (eastbound). The only Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate over all three predecessor railroads, Nos. 9/10 ran on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, the Lake Erie & Western, and the Clover Leaf. Consequently, Nos. 9/10 were the last scheduled Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate on the Clover Leaf and the Lake Erie & Western. NKP #9 "Blue Arrow" last arrival in STL and #10 "Blue Dart" last departure STL on 3-14-59. *Over on the St. Louis - Cleveland route, the unnamed trains 9/10 received names beginning October 28, 1956; westbound was named the BLUE ARROW and its eastbound counterpart was named the BLUE DART. The westbound BLUE ARROW made its final run March 13, 1959, and the following day, the eastbound BLUE DART made its final run. 3/21/1959 Trains 9/10 discontinued in Indiana 10/17/1959. Last runs in Ohio for Trains 9/10 known as the Blue Arrow and Blue Dart. *Blue Arrow: (Cleveland - St. Louis) – Blue Dart: (St. Louis - Cleveland) VII_Elwood_Passenger_Trains.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood Passenger Trains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/24/2013 Description An account of the resource Elwood Passenger Trains Track 4 Muncie - Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Notes: Elwood, Passenger, Trains, Marvin Crim, Muncie, Frankfort, LE&W/NKP, Nickel Plate https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/39018d375581e83fc3bf1e081a7d1d40.pdf 6f1399d247dcb23ca00e9abf3d94adcd PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Streetcars, Trolleys and Interurbans Updated – 31 August 2021 Nov 6, 1893 -- Oct. 15, 1931 Elwood Electric Street Railway . . . 1893 – 1899 (sold to Union Traction Co. of Indiana #1) Union Traction Company #1 . . . 1897 - 1899 Union Traction Co. of Indiana #2 . . . 6/28/1899 to 5/13/1912 (consolidated) 1897 June 27, 1899 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Railway Company . . . 1898 - 1901 Indiana Union Traction Company . . . 6/9/1903 to 5/13/1912 . . . merged into . . . Union Traction Co. of Indiana #3 . . . 5/13/1912 to 7/2/1930 (sold to the Indiana Railroad) Indiana Railroad . . . 1930 – 1941 Elwood passenger service discontinued Monday, June 15, 1931 Elwood freight service discontinued on Thursday, October 15, 1931 �Elwood Electric Street Railway November 6, 1893 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Co formed May 4, 1898 Elwood & Alexandria Railway opened to Elwood June 26, 1899 UTC Alexandria-Elwood line starts construction to Tipton April 1902 UTC Elwood to Tipton line test run December 31, 1902 UTC Elwood-Tipton line opened between the two cities January 1, 1903 UTC Alexandria-Tipton line begins service February 10, 1903 Elwood Electric Street Railway (1893-1899) The use of electricity to power public transportation was not new to Madison County citizens in 1897, but it took on a whole new meaning that year — one that would last for over four decades. The Elwood Electric Street Railway was chartered on October 19, 1892, at a cost of $100,000. Rails were laid on Main Street, South Anderson Street, North 9th and North 16th Streets and as far as North J Street. The brick car barns were located on what is now known as South 31st Street near the railroad right-of-way. The first local streetcars, however, didn't appear in Elwood until service began on November 6, 1893. By 1897, the company was operating five passenger cars on six miles of tracks in the city. The railway became part of the larger Union Traction Co. of Indiana on June 27, 1899. Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Company (1899 – 1901) The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was formed May 4, 1898, as an independent company with a bankroll of $225,000. Members of the Board of Directors were: Dee Allen, Battle Creek, Michigan; Loren N. Downs, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Sherman B. Harting Rensselaer, Indiana; and Cassius M. Greenen of Elwood, Indiana. Two interurbans were employed between Elwood and Alexandria on nine miles of mostly straight tracks. Service began on June 26, 1899, with two passenger cars running over nine miles of tracks between Alexandria and Elwood. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was acquired by the Union Traction Company of Indiana on September 21, 1901. �On the afternoon of Sept. 3, 1897, five men met and organized the Union Traction Co. of Indiana. From that simple beginning on the second floor of the Durbin-McCullough Block building in Anderson, Indiana, came a transportation system network that would change the face of intercity travel for years. The UTC was growing, and soon consolidations took place. On June 27, 1899, the Union Traction Co. of Indiana, the successor to the Union Traction Co. was formed. It included the former UTC and the Citizens Street Railway Co. of Muncie, the Elwood Electric Street Railway, and the Muncie, Anderson and Indianapolis Street Railroad Co. The Union Traction Company had constructed an interurban line which first run to Alexandria January 18, 1898, and began to connect many sizeable cities and towns throughout Central Indiana. The independent Elwood & Alexandria Railway started operation June 26, 1899, and brought a convenient method of delivering vegetables to local markets. Union Traction (UTC) was the largest interurban system in Indiana with 410 miles (660 km) of interurban trackage and 44 miles (71 km) of streetcar lines in Anderson, Elwood, Marion and Muncie. UTC was created in 1897 to operate an initial line between Anderson and Alexandria. UTC purchased or leased several neighboring interurban lines in short order: the Elwood and Alexandria was bought in 1903. Construction on the extension to Tipton started April 2, 1902. The service was ready to be extended but an unexpected quandary occurred. A few hundred yards into Tipton County the new extension gradually elevated some 35 to 40 feet and crossed the Lake Erie & Western Railroad on a trestle constructed with dirt and concrete. Although the Panhandle Railroad offered no resistance to the crossing in downtown Elwood, the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company demanded that the Union Traction Company provide a watchman even though the trains never physically connected. Their defense was an Indiana Statute stating that: if it becomes necessary for the track of one railroad company to cross the track of another railroad company, the company owning the road last constructed at such crossing shall unless otherwise agreed to between such companies, be at the exclusive expense of constructing such crossing in a manner to be convenient and safe for both companies. �This set off events in December 1902 that necessitated intense proceedings combined with a franchising dispute with the Union Traction Company, the city of Elwood and the railway. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Company sold out to the Union Traction Company. One car made a test run December 31, 1902 and service between Elwood and Tipton was opened the next day. Service between Alexandria and Tipton was then opened on February 10, 1903. The company had another comparable experience later that year. Another new section was to be completed from Anderson to Frankton and then proceed to Elwood. A bit of grading was done but the line was never a major priority and the line was never completed. "Red" Maley, motorman, and Clarence Powell, conductor, were two regulars who helped the Elwood line operate almost 24 hours a day. The Indiana Railroad (1930 - 1941) The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930-31 by combining the operations of the five major interurban systems in central Indiana into one entity. Although the IR faced bankruptcy in 1933, the system was virtually held intact for four years. The IR operated about 600 miles (970 km) of interurban lines throughout Indiana during this period. During the late 1930s, the routes were abandoned one by one until a 1941 wreck with fatalities south of Indianapolis put an abrupt end to the last operation of interurbans in Indiana. Elwood 1893 -1899 - Elwood Electric Street Railway 1899 -1930 - Union Traction Co. of Indiana 1924 – City streetcars discontinued August 1 1930 - 1941- Indiana Railroad Private bus co. in 1952 - Elwood Transit �The End The Elwood Call Leader Elwood, Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931 TRACTION TO END SERVICE Freight Transportation to End Thursday (Oct. 15, 1931) CITY RECEIVES PROPERTY Freight service on the Tipton-Elwood-Alexandria division of the Indiana Railroad System will be discontinued Thursday and will mark the passing of traction service in this city. The Indiana Railroad System, which purchased the Indiana Railroad Company a months ago filed a petition with the Public Service Commission to discontinue service on the local division Revenue Not Sufficient The company alleged in its petition that neither the freight nor passenger service brought sufficient revenue for the operation of cars on the local division. The Commission granted the company permission to discontinue its passenger service of June 15, last, but instructed that freight service be maintained until October 15 because of the work on State Road No. 28. Paving of the state highway has been completed and the Indiana Railroad System is said to be ready for the discontinuing of the service. Bus Service Inaugurated Since the passenger service was discontinued, a bus service has been opened between Indianapolis and Elwood by the B. and B Transit Lines, of Elwood. With the Indiana Railroad System discontinuing its freight service on Thursday, the rails will become the property of the city as will the station and its site at Main and Sixteenth Streets. * City to Repair Street The city will probably use an asphalt preparation in making repairs to Main Street. No definite announcement has been made relative to the disposal of the station and its site, but rumors have it that the property may be purchased by the school city, which is in urgent need of a gymnasium. *Elwood’s Public Library now occupies the same address at Main and 16th Street. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 V_Elwood’s_Electric_Rail_Lines.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elwood's Electric Railways Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/05/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/7be09260bc7a54716e463c9709120586.pdf f152343e90d5ce7b894c910beaa47011 PDF Text Text The ELWOOD Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana NKP 587 in 1947 Elwood’s Rail History & NKP 587 June 23, 2022 Revised: August 30, 2022 These older women always play hard to get. The one in mind sat in Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis from 1955 to 1983 and now resides in Kentucky. I knew about the steam engine in Broad Ripple Park. It was NKP #587 and it had been there since 1955. But then . . . the city of Indianapolis wanted to build a new public library and needed the land. The engine was leased to the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville and that’s when I discovered I knew very little about that locomotive or Elwood’s rail history. The steam engine had been built in 1918 for the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and was numbered 5541. Over its lifetime, it undoubtedly ran through Elwood as LE&W #5541 and as NKP #587. The LE&W had been acquired around 1900 by the LS&MS (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway), later, a component of the giant New York Central System. It’s not common knowledge, but Elwood’s rail history includes 14 years of the LS&MS Ry and some 8 years of the New York Central. When the Indiana Transportation Museum acquired the locomotive in the mid ‘80s, repairs were needed and volunteers performed much of that work. The locomotive was placed inside a vacant plant on the east side of Indianapolis and the following photo was taken while I worked inside the firebox. �In addition to excursions over much of Indiana, #587 was often used on the Fair Train from Fishers to the Indiana State Fairgrounds and back on round trips to Indiana state fairs. In 1991, NKP #587 ran excursions from Frankfort to Muncie and then returned each day on June 29 and June 30. Video from 29 June 1991 is posted on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Rxt5OUQEk – as well as video of #587 on the turntable at Frankfort’s roundhouse. Unfortunately, issues surfaced between the Noblesville Museum and the city of Noblesville. Rather than chance the demise of NKP #587, a museum in Kentucky agreed to hold the locomotive until such time as the Indiana Transportation Museum, now located in Logansport, can manage the time and expenses of an aging, but graceful older lady. It’s not likely in my lifetime, these older ladies play hard to get. But once upon a time, we knew each other quite well. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 IX_Elwood_Rail_History_and_Nickel_Plate_587 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3670 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Rail History & NKP 587 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/30/2022 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b95257c712174895ff44f69651bae27d.pdf c4fc292f7c4455a92c4c37b58a626cd5 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Second Rail Line La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Updated: 01 August 2010 Revised: 01 May 2022 1876 – La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Muncie & State Line Ry La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie RR Lake Erie & Western* *LE&W – The New York Central years – 1900-1922 NYC&StL RR (Nickel Plate Road) Norfolk & Western Norfolk Southern The La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington (Illinois) Rail Road was organized on July 13, 1869. Its initial charter was to build the final 37 miles of a rail line from Illinois to Lafayette, Indiana. Less than two years later, it was chartered to build an 84.6-mile extension from Lafayette to Muncie. �Work started in June of 1871 and by late 1872, the entire grade had been completed, bridges were in place and ties were on the ground. But the arrival of rails was delayed by cash shortages and legal complications. It was May 28, 1874, before the railroad authorized completion of the line. By mid-October of 1875, 35 miles of track had been completed between Tipton and Muncie and a month later another 25 miles of track was added from Tipton to Frankfort. The railroad ran a sixcar stockholders' special from Muncie to Lafayette on February 1, 1876, and on February 10, 1876, daily trains were scheduled between Muncie and Tipton and between Tipton and Alexandria (see timetable No. 1 below). �On February 24, 1876, the schedules were extended to Frankfort. The entire 201 mile mainline from Muncie to Bloomington, Illinois, was opened on July 1, 1876. Eventually, the LM&B put on a through daily express train in each direction and the 201 miles were often covered in 7 1/2 hours. On April 3, 1879, the La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR was sold under foreclosure. It emerged as the Muncie & State Line Railroad. On April 30, 1879, the property was consolidated into a new company known as the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Railway. Finally, on December 11, 1879, the Lake Erie & Western, established August 4, 1879, formally absorbed the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Ry. The LE&W extended 718 miles from Sandusky, Ohio to Peoria, Illinois. LE&W – THE NEW YORK CENTRAL YEARS The last line to become part of the Lake Erie & Western was the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington. This line built from Lafayette, with the line toward Bloomington, Illinois, completed in 1872, and the line to Muncie completed in 1876. This company would change its name to Lake Erie & Western Railway, the first of three companies with the exact same name. It was this company that completed the line from Muncie to Celina, Ohio, in 1879. Around 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt and his New York Central and Hudson River Railroad gained a majority of stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern quickly realized the value of the LE&W as a competitor and purchased the road in 1900. The LS&MS held controlling interest in the LE&W until On December 22, 1914, when the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form a new New York Central Railroad. The NYC operated the LE&W as part of their Big Four Lines although it did not merge it into the NYC System. After operating it as a separate entity for two decades, the New York Central sold the Lake Erie and Western to the Nickel Plate Road in 1922. The LE&W was merged into the Nickel Plate Road and became the Lake Erie and Western District. It then became part of the Norfolk & Western in 1964 and Norfolk Southern in 1982. NS currently operates the line through Elwood. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 II_Elwood’s_Second_Rail_Line.docx Revised: 01 May 2022 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-421 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Second Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e8f3b4d44fa9562afd7937443626d312.pdf a7294d50ac041c82f3a8f6d7a6d3608d PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Revised: 17 March 2013 Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle Railroad ELWOOD, ANDERSON & LAPEL RAILROAD 1898 -- 1929 Elwood actually had a third railroad. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company opened in Elwood in 1892 and was said to have been the country's largest tin plate producer. It also owned and operated the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel Railroad, the EA&L RR, although some maps of the day indicated the rail line as the EA&L Ry. The railroad of The Elwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad operating as a switching road in the town of Elwood, Ind. The carrier owns 1.412 miles of main line. The carrier also owns yard and side tracks totaling 3.434 miles. Its road thus embraces 4.846 miles of all tracks owned. In Appendix 1 will be found a general description of the property of the carrier. Corporate history — The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of the State of Indiana, with principal office at Pittsburgh, Pa. Its organization was perfected September 29, 1897. Control of the carrier is vested in the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company through ownership of its entire outstanding capital stock. APPENDIX 2 �DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY On May 17, 1898, the carrier acquired by purchase from the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company approximately 1.296 miles of track connected with the railroad of that company. These tracks were located on land owned by the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Elwood, which land was, on May 17, 1898, leased to the carrier. During the period from November, 1898, to November, 1904, the carrier constructed 0.258 mile of track to effect a connection with The Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and during the same period constructed 3.292 miles of yard tracks and sidings to serve industries located on its line of railroad. The switching line was chartered on January 12, 1898, to connect the tin plate mill located on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (The Pan Handle, a Pennsylvania Railroad component) with the Lake Erie & Western (subsequently the Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western and Norfolk Southern) in Elwood. Although the actual line was extremely short, it extended north from So. L Street between 25th and 27th Streets and operated over several miles of track in Elwood. The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel RR was to have eventually run from Elwood to Anderson and then west to Lapel. Maps from 1901 do show it as proposed though track was never extended beyond Elwood. Rather than travel through Frankton, however, the EA&L Ry was to veer almost due east and around a settlement known as Quick City and then turn south again to parallel the PCC&StL tracks to Florida (Station) and Anderson. The proposed tracks were never intended to go through Frankton but around it. From 1901: Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle R. R. ELWOOD ANDERSON & LAPEL. -- This company proposes to complete its road from Elwood to Lapel, Ind., about 26 miles, this coming summer. Three miles of the track are already laid and in use by the American Tin Plate Company as sidings for freight cars. The line has been surveyed to Anderson, 15 miles from Lapel. D. B. Edwards, general agent, Elwood, Ind. �The following maps are from 1901 . . . EA&L Map 1 – Elwood �EA&L Map 2 – Elwood to Frankton EA&L Map 3 – Frankton to Anderson �As an aside, Quick City was established for residents who worked for a glass factory. This factory was owned by a man named Quick, thus the name of the city. These factories came to the area to take advantage of the natural gas boom and cities erupted. Once the gas ran out, companies left, as did the Quick company, taking with them the workers and the houses in Quick City. Nothing remains of Quick City and the site is nothing more than farm land these days. So, the EA&L RR was to remain an industrial track located primarily in Elwood to service the tin mill, glass plants, canning factories and for exchanging cars between the PRR and NKP. --------The plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at Elwood, Ind., is all enclosed by a fence, all of the tracks within which were formerly owned and operated by the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R., by which all the plant switching was performed. In 1897 the industry purchased the tracks for $50,000, incorporated the E. A. & L. R. R., with a capital stock of $50,000, and transferred the tracks to the railroad company in exchange for its capital stock. There are 4.51 miles of track, all within the plant enclosure, except the track extending about 7,000 feet from the north end to connection with the N. Y. C. lines, through the actual track connection is only 300 feet from the plant. All of the right of way within the enclosure, and most of that without, is leased to the industry, the lease providing that the E. A. & L. R. R. shall have the exclusive railroad right of entrance into and upon the grounds of the plant. The tracks of the P. R. R. extend along the property line of plant. The equipment of the E. A. & L. Ry. Consists of 2 locomotives, 1 flat car and 2 coal cars. The principal service performed is interchange switching; it does only a small part of the intermill switching. Inbound shipments of raw material must be placed promptly when actually required to meet the needs of the industrial service, and the E. A. & L. Ry. adjusts its switching service to meet the demands of the plant. It charges $2 per car on inbound and $4 on outbound business, which are absorbed by the trunk lines. The charge for intermill switching is $2. On interchange the trunk lines charge demurrage against the industry. In 1911 the road handled 14,785 cars, from which it derived $20,201; $5,530 from the industry and $14,671 from the trunk lines. �The following entry provides a little information about one of the EA&L Railroad's employees: William Bateman Leeds (September 19, 1861 – June 23, 1908) was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1861. 1904: After hearing Wall Street rumors of dissension among the Directors, Mr. Leeds resigned from his position as President of the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1903, his resignation becoming effective January 1, 1904. While President, his reported annual salary was $32,000. After his resignation, he continued to play an active role in business and was made a Director in several other companies, including the American Tin Plate Company, the American Audit Company, the Ellwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad, the Nassau Gas, Heat and Power Company, the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, and the Windsor Trust Company. The E. A. & L was highlighted in an August 2, 1905, article in the Elwood Daily Press: SHORTEST RAILROADS TROUBLES COMPLAINT MADE THE TIN PLATE ROADS CHARGES ARE EXCESSIVE Commissioners Will Hear Complaint at the City Building August 8. For several days it has been known to the railroads and others interested that the state railroad commission would meet in the auditorium in the city building in the city of Elwood on August 8, to inquire into certain complaints that had been made in regard to switching charges, and excessive coal rates. Who made the complaint could not be learned, everyone seemingly interested, denying all knowledge of the affair. It became known today, however, that the complaint is made against the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel railway, but who preferred the charge is a mystery. None of the coal dealers seem to know anything about the matter and as there is no others who could be interested the facts will not come out until the commission meets. �The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel line is one of the shortest railroads in the state, if not in the country, being less than one mile in length, yet it has its network of side tracks and its equipment, consisting of the necessary rolling stock, being one engine, flat cars, gondolas, and box cars sufficient to carry on the business. The only railroad stock that usually belongs to railway equipment that it does not carry is coaches. As it runs no passenger trains this part of the usual railway equipment is unnecessary. The road has its own officers, telegraph lines, telephone service, the same as roads of a hundred miles in length and does more business according to its length and equipment, than any road in the state. Its work consists largely in switching cars between the tin plate works and the Panhandle and the L.E. & W. railroads, and it makes it especial rates for this work. It is presumed that some shippers have concluded that these charges were excessive, hence the complaint. It remains to be seen the complaint. Whatever there is in an interchange between two roads there is always an extra charge for switching, the cars from one road to the other, otherwise the railroads would find themselves swamped and from one to three crews kept transferring cars from one line to the other for which the various companies would receive no compensation whatever, and in order to cover the cost of handling this excess business an interchange rate has been adopted. This rate runs from 50 cents to $2, according to the work required to place the cars, etc. In the case of the E. A. & L., the cars have to be hauled at least three-fourths of a mile before the necessary switching is done and it is quite probable that the commissioners will find that the rate charged by this short line is not excessive under existing conditions. In 1918, there was an office listed for the EA&L in the Tin Plate Yards (phone *Main 87*) and another at S. J. and 25th Street (phone *Main 276*). Shortly before being abandoned, it was known to have 2 locomotives and 6 freight cars of its own. The freight cars were not employed in commercial service. �The *Lapel* in the corporate name was spelled *Lapelle* and *La Pelle* in some early records and was apparently a misspelling of the town of *Lapel.* Some records are hard to find because in some instances, Elwood is also misspelled as *Ellwood.* The Nickel Plate Road eventually purchased the EA&L but abandoned it in 1929. It is known that portions of the rails from the connecting tracks to the tin mills lasted into 2002. *But here's a stunning exclusive -- this Nevada Consolidated Copper Company locomotive #600 was a 1902 Schenectady 0-6-0 steam locomotive originally built new as U. S. Steel's Indiana subsidiary Elwood, Anderson and Lapel Railroad's No. 3!!! In a sense, Elwood had its own steam locomotive! c1930-1931 12 July 1936 �11 July 1939 The locomotive as delivered to the EA&L Ry was believed to have included a wooden cab. The EA&L RR sold No. 3 to the N. C. C. Co. in October of 1916! A rebuild around 1930 included a new steel cab and the only photos available are after the rebuild and the new steel cab. *The EA&L RR was wholly in the city of Elwood, had no depots, no train dispatcher, ran no excursions, issued no passes, sold no tickets or mileage, owned but three engines and one car – that a work car, and handled nothing less than car lots. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-422 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/656b65ef93bb47b307653c911d61dc47.pdf 0bdb799372a805f2f38487947173e186 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The ELWOOD Car The Interurban car of the Union Traction Company and the Indiana Railroad named for the city of Elwood, Indiana Updated: October 17, 2013 The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” �Notes Relative to the “ELWOOD” Car I. Source: CERA Bulletin 62 – November 1945 A. Page 14, 1st paragraph: Originally all Union Traction interurban cars were painted a dark green but a deep red was chosen as the new color in 1921 and repainting began with 403 and 405 which were promptly assigned, for a while, 403 to the Muncie Meteor and the 405 to the Hoosierland. B. Page 4, first column, first paragraph under: CITY STREET CAR LINES: Union Traction operated local systems in Muncie, Anderson, Marion and Elwood. In 1921, Birney type single truck safety cars replaced the old equipment in the three larger cities. The Elwood system was abandoned in 1924. C. Page 16, last paragraph, last three sentences: With affairs in this state the property was sold to Midland United on July 2, 1930, and became Indiana Railroad, to be beset with a whole new chain of circumstances leading to gradual demise. So passed Union Traction into history. The super-interurban, as far as Central Indiana was concerned, didn’t quite make the grade. II. Source: CERA Bulletin 63 – December 1945; Roster of Cars A. Page 5, Car Number 443 – Remarks: NAME “ELWOOD.” PURCH. 1927 FROM Gr. Rap., HOL & CHGO Ry. - $860, BECAME IR TOOL CAR. B. Page 7, Car Number 1150 – Remarks: WRECK TRAILER -- ANDERSON III. Source: CERA Bulletin 17 – INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 14, Roster of Equipment – (1) NUMBERS 1150 - Wreck Motor - Built 1934 – By Jewett – Was U-443 – Note PP, N *See B. B. Page 15 (inside back cover): 1. Note N – Equipment thus marked with control at each end of car 2. Note PP – Altho not used in revenue service this car retains name “ELWOOD.” See also Note H. 3. Note H – Cars 442, 445, also 443 (1150) and 444 (710) acquired from Michigan R. R., Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago division, where they were 112, 115, 113, and 114, respectively. *Note M – Car 710 built from salvage of car 444 UTCo. See note H. IV. Source: The Indiana Railroad – by Herron Rail Services; The Singing Wire – Vol 2 V. Source: CERA Bulletin 91 – September 1950; Revised Third Printing, August 1975 INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 22 – NOTES TO INTERURBAN PASSENGER CARS: See note page 23 regarding cars 442-445 . . . �Elwood had an interurban car named for the city. It was built by Jewett in 1913 for the Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago Ry. as car 21. In 1916 it was leased to Michigan Ry. and renumbered to car 113. When that company broke up in 1924, it reverted to the GRH&C as 113. In 1927 it was sold to Union Traction and became car 443 and given the name "ELWOOD." When taken into the Indiana RR in 1930, it retained its name and number until 1934 when it was converted to Indiana Railroad's tool car 1150. One note indicates it retained the name "ELWOOD." B. Page 23 – Note: 443 was converted 1934 to wreck motor #1150 C. Page 23A – NOTES TO FREIGHT AND WORK CARS: (See note page 23B) 1150 was originally passenger car; see note to cars #442-445 for further data. Converted 1934 to wreck motor, retaining name ELWOOD. Source: Electric Railroads of Indiana by Jerry Marlette, Second Edition 1980 Page 101 – Indiana Railroad System A. July 2, 1930 D. August 1, 1930 E. Tipton – Alexandria, 20 miles G. Abandonments: Alexandria-Tipton, Muncie, October 31, 1931 (Alexandria-Tipton passenger service discontinued June 30, 1931); H. At the peak of its short but active life, the Indiana Railroad System was the largest interurban railroad system in the world. Orange becomes standard paint scheme about 1936. The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” by Marvin Crim History often becomes sparse and fragmented. It’s especially true regarding the interurban car once named for Elwood, Indiana. Although the storyline is not total and complete, most of it can be pieced back together. The city of Elwood was served by six different electric transportation systems over the course of the streetcar and interurban era. Those years ran from the street cars in 1893 until early in 1932 when all freight interurbans ceased operations along what had been an Alexandria to Tipton route. In 1927, the Union Traction of Indiana Company purchased four cars from the Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Ry. for $860 each. The cars had been built in 1913 as cars #20-23. In 1916 they were leased to the Michigan Ry. where they became cars #112-115. When that company broke up in 1924, the cars were returned to the GRH&C Ry retaining the new numbers. The cars were later sold to the Union Traction Company of Indiana in 1927 where they took on the numbers 442-445. It would follow that the ELWOOD car would have been car 21, then car 113, UTC and IR car 443, and later IR 1150. But published notes from 1940 differ from a revised third printing in 1975 regarding the numbering from the 112-115 series to the 442-445 series. The sequence in which the cars were numbered from one series to the other is unclear without additional evidence. �These cars were added to the several already carrying names in addition to numbers until the mid-1930’s. Car 443 was given the name “ELWOOD.” Car 442 was named EATON; car 445 was named DALEVILLE; and car 444 was salvaged for some reason in 1932 with no record of a name ever being assigned to it. The original paint scheme for the Union Traction Company of Indiana featured a dark green body and a red roof. Letters and numerals were gold-leaf. In 1921 the scheme was changed to deep red bodies and green roofs. Since the ELWOOD car was not purchased by the UTC of I until 1927, it likely carried only the deep red scheme. As a matter of fact, all photos of the ELWOOD car in Indiana Railroad livery would indicate it may have retained the deep red UTC of I colors until it was withdrawn from service in 1941. *Photos exist showing ELWOOD still on the side of IR 1150. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-427 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - The ELWOOD Car Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/05/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Interurban, Union Traction Company https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/21e6dc03205603ec1c1b16e1b43a2aff.pdf 9b3c6c862ebe59fb3c1c30ce70d80ebb PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The Extra Board Gate A Travel The railroad track is miles away, And the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn't a train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking. All night there isn't a train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, But I see its cinders red on the sky, And hear its engine steaming. My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing; Yet there isn't a train I'd rather take, No matter where it's going. Edna St. Vincent Millay Track 1 It was Tuesday, November 8, 1910. There was an accident near 22nd Street in Elwood between an interurban passing through town and Elwood city street car #15. The interurban made a sudden stop and the street car ran into the back of the interurban. Both the conductor and motorman were injured. The conductor was George Haynes . . . and the motorman?!! . . . Sam Aurelius!!! �Track 2 It was Wednesday, June 16, 1948. Several hundred people lined both sides of the Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania railroads to get a glimpse of GM's Train of Tomorrow. The train traveled to Elwood westbound from Muncie over the Nickel Plate tracks and inched just west of So. Anderson Street. It backed eastward into the siding and the interchange with the Pennsylvania Railroad to head north-westward to Kokomo later in the day. The announced arrival time in Elwood had been 10 a.m., but the train didn't leave Muncie until that hour. It rolled into Elwood closer to 11 a.m. Although the public was not invited to tour the train, the Elwood Call Leader was admitted for a tour of the train as it switched from one track to the other. Track 3 The New York Times WRECKED BY SWITCH ENGINE Two Coaches of Pan Handle Passenger Train Demolished -- 25 Persons Injured Wednesday, July 9, 1901 COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8. -- Pan Handle passenger train No. 19, known as the New York Express, due here at 1:45 P. M., was “sideswiped” by a switch engine just outside the Union Station here this afternoon. Twenty-five people were injured. Seven of the injured were so badly hurt that they were unable to proceed on their way west with the train. They were J. W. Chapin of Indianapolis, Ind., side crushed; Helen Chavouc, Marion, Ohio, badly bruised about the head; Cora Jennings, Orrville, Ohio, right arm sprained; Mrs. Flyn, Elwood, Ind., head bruised; Mrs. James Coan, Elwood, Ind., probably fatality (sic) injured; Leon Coan, Elwood, Ind., head badly bruised and bad scalp wound; Samuel C. Fulsen, badly bruised and cut by broken glass. The passenger train was approaching the station at rapid speed when the switch engine, with a cut of cars, dashed out from a siding, striking the third coach of the passenger train. The car and the one immediately following were demolished. Both trains were stopped at once and aid was summoned. The injured were removed to the Union Station, where they were made as comfortable as possible. As soon as the wreckage could be dumped from the track, new cars were substituted and the train proceeded on its way west. Track 4 On Monday, July 11, 1938, there was a collision between a freight train and an engine making a switching movement on an industrial track on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Elwood, Ind., which resulted in the death of one trespasser and the injury of two trespassers. Track 5 On Friday, November 16, 1894, an explosion rocked the Elwood Interurban Power Plant and knocked the street cars out of service. �Track 6 The Indiana Railroad terminated the Tipton-Alexandria line passenger service at midnight on June 30, 1931. Regular freight service continued through Saturday, October 31, 1931 (Halloween), when the last interurban car left Elwood. But freight service did continue on the line through Elwood to Tipton. It's a matter of record that the Western Gravel Company, just west and a little south of Orestes, continued using the portion of the Alexandria to Tipton interurban line westward for connections at Tipton at least until March 2, 1932. The company continued operations beyond that date and obtained the former Indiana Railroad shops in Elwood. Their equipment was known to have been at the Indiana Railroad shops in Anderson as late as 1936. But their entire rail and equipment facilities were sold to an area salvage dealer for $5,000 after it ceased operations, but not until 1953!!! Track 7 Elwood Beet Field Workers Victims of Crash East of Elwood Sunday Afternoon It was Sunday, September 30, 1923 . . . and shortly before 2 p.m., an eastbound traction car hit a Ford automobile at the Range Line Road crossing three miles east of the city. Five people riding in the automobile were killed instantly and two were seriously injured. Track 8 One October day in 1958, the Nickel Plate Railroad had its share of problems. Among other things, Elwood had a fire downtown and fire hoses were laying across NKP's tracks. When Train #63 came through town, it cut the fire hoses. When the engineer saw the fire hoses across the tracks, he applied the brakes in emergency and the train lost a coupler. The police claimed they notified the agent at the depot and the agent claimed that they did not. It's now only speculation whether someone may have contacted the PRR Block Station and not the NKP station agent. Track 9 March 31, 1976, will go down as the last day trains traveled the line from Anderson to Elwood. When Conrail took over on April 1, 1976, it had planned to abandon most of that line. Only a connection to the canning factory on 22nd Street was to remain and it would be accessed by way of the former NKP east/west line. But when morning broke in Anderson on April 1 of 1976, it was discovered rail cars had been left in Elwood near the freight station on the last day of Penn Central... and although March 31 will go down in history as the last day for traffic on the old PRR line, Conrail assigned a crew and a train was dispatched from Anderson to pick up the cars still in Elwood. April Fool’s Day in 1976... it seems most appropriate!!? A_The_Extra_Board_Gate_A.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2427 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - The Extra Board Gate A Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/18/2022 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/c38af0e310620e06c0fd541f94acaa05.pdf b13419313d313efa4e136c75693cde58 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The West Elwood Flyover (Viaduct) Built to carry the interurban rail line over the LE&W tracks in West Elwood. Replaced a grade crossing at Seeley’s Crossing west of Elwood. Track was laid from Hobbs in both directions. *Indiana was second only to Ohio in miles of interurban track. �The Elwood-Alexandria electrified traction line was built by the Elwood & Alexandria Railway Company ($225,000) which was incorporated May 4, 1898. The following year, the Union Traction company of Indiana sought franchises and right-of-ways for a continuation of the line to Tipton. Although it was April of 1902 before construction started, the line was ready for operation that fall. The opening was delayed several weeks because of a dispute with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, which paralleled the electric line, over Seeley Crossing three miles west of Elwood. The steam road demanded that the traction company provide a watchman; the long negotiations caused the Union Traction Company some difficulty in securing an extension of the time limit clause in their Elwood franchise. Finally, an agreement was reached between the two companies and on the evening of Wednesday, December 31, 1902, a car made the trip from Elwood to Tipton. Service between Elwood-Tipton opened the next day, Thursday, January 1, 1903. 31 December 1902 Wednesday FIRST CAR TO TIPTON WILL LEAVE ELWOOD OVER INTERURBAN TONIGHT Regular Service Will Be Established and Cars Run All Day Tomorrow The new line of the Union Traction company between Elwood and Tipton will be opened for public use tonight. The first car will leave Elwood for Tipton soon after 6 o’clock, and a regular service maintained until midnight. On Thursday morning, two cars will be put into service, make the run in forty minutes and leaving each end of the line every forty-five minutes. Within the next few days, a complete schedule will be ready for announcement. The Record realizes that this bit of news will come as lightning from a clear sky to most people, and there are those who may be inclined not to give it credence. It is absolutely reliable, however, and it will take a mighty important and altogether unforeseen happening to prevent it. It come about this way. The franchise which the company holds for the completion of its line between Elwood and Tipton, expires on the Tipton end tonight, after having been extended until the city council there had about lost patience at the delay. �The only thing standing in the way of the operation of the line was the placing of the crossing over the Lake Erie tracks in the east part of Tipton. That matter was satisfactorily arranged with the railway people, and this morning shortly before 8 o’clock, a special car loaded with trackmen went to Tipton to put in the crossing and word received from there this afternoon is to the effect that it will be in place and ready for us by 6 o’clock this evening, barring accident. An interesting announcement in connection with this story is the fact that the Traction company is springing a slight increase in fare on the new line, and for the present the fare between Elwood and Tipton will be fifteen cents. The fare from Hobbs to either Elwood or Tipton will be a dime. Cars will run between Elwood and Tipton until further notice, it being necessary to change here to the regular cars going on to Alexandria and Anderson, but through cars will be put on within a few weeks. There will doubtless be a big crowd up town tonight to witness the departure of the first car for the western end of the line, a thing which has been delayed about six months beyond what was expected when the line was started. However, it’s better late than never, and here’s congratulations to the company, and the people along the line. 1 January 1903 Thursday LINE IS OPENED AND CARS ARE NOW RUNNING TO TIPTON First Car for the Western End of the Route Left Elwood at 8 Last Night After six long months of patient waiting, the people of Elwood and Tipton are now able to go back and forth on electric cars. As was announced in the local papers yesterday, the first car out of Elwood for Tipton on the new line left the station here at 8 o’clock last night, making the run to Tipton in forty minutes. It returned to Elwood shortly after 1, and west back to Tipton for the night. This morning at 5 o’clock, a regular service between the two cities was established, and since 9 o’clock this morning, cars have been starting from each end of the line every fortyfive minutes, accommodating a large number of people. There is little room for doubting that the branch will prove a profitable done form a financial standpoint. �On Tuesday, February 10, 1903, the Union Traction company of Indiana, who had purchased the Elwood-Alexandria line, inaugurated through service between Alexandria and Tipton. The line furnished a convenient link between the Anderson and Peru divisions of the Union Traction company. In later years, the viaduct was painted bright orange. I doubt they even bothered to paint UNION TRACTION on it. But the West Elwood Flyover, a viaduct only a short distance west of County Line Road, served its purpose. It’s all but been forgotten over time. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 Reference: Elwood Call Leader IV_The_West_Elwood_Flyover.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-423 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana -The West Elwood Flyover (Viaduct) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/4b01e1261eb9f5fcf98712a5de1eb7c0.pdf 91c54eb23d69f196d9ca2710a5d7e0f7 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana GM’s Train of Tomorrow GM Train of Tomorrow’s trip through Elwood, Indiana Wednesday, June 16, 1948 Updated: January 22, 2022 Revised: May 10, 2022 This is not a comprehensive summary about the train or the national tour. It deals only insomuch as it pertains to its trip through Elwood, Indiana. GM’s Train of Tomorrow did not make a tour stop in Elwood, but it did pass through town on its way from Muncie to Kokomo. Tour Stops Before and After Passing Through Elwood Anderson, IN June 7-13, 1948 Displayed at 5th & St. John St. Muncie, IN June 14-15, 1948 Nickel Plate yards Kokomo, IN June 17, 1948 Exhibit at Pennsylvania Station �*The promotional photo, caption and article are from the front page of the Elwood Call-Leader June 16, 1948 AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAIN that is packed full of mechanical marvels, new-as-tomorrow interior decoration and many post-war features for the comfort and safety of passengers, now is making a national tour, under sponsorship of General Motors, its designer. Powered by a GM Electro-motive Diesel locomotive, the cars – Day coach, Diner, Sleeper and Observation Lounge – are of an entirely new design that permits an Astra Dome atop each (see above) for unrivalled view of landscape, and a depressed car floor beneath, resulting in four floor levels in ever car, with ramps or steps connection them. Wednesday, June 16, 1948 – Elwood Call-Leader – Page 1 Several Hundred See “Train of Tomorrow” Here Several hundred Elwoodites this morning got a good look – exterior view – of what America’s railroad trains will be like “tomorrow.” Long before the now-famous General Motors “Train of Tomorrow” arrived here over the Nickel Plate and switched to the Pennsylvania tracks at South 18th street, the tracks of both railroads were lined with curious people mostly children. The announced arrival time of the train was 10 o’clock Elwood time, but it did not leave Muncie until that hour and did not reach Elwood until 11 o’clock, but the crowds stayed on in anticipation of seeing the long string of palaces on wheels. As the train slowly made its way over the Pennsylvania tracks for Kokomo both sides of the right-of-way from the station north-westward through the city were lined with spectators as word spread that the train had reached the city and was starting for Kokomo. Although the public was not admitted to the train which had not been scheduled to stop here, those who kept the morning vigil until it arrived were awarded by getting a fairly good look into the interior through the coach windows due to the necessity of a couple of stops during the switching operations from one railroad to another. �Passengers today included General Motors officials and a number of Kokomo businessmen who boarded the train at Muncie this morning. During the brief pause here the Call-Leader was admitted for a tour of the train as it switched from one track to the other. GM’s train is designed to insure the ultimate in smooth riding for passengers. Its interior design is unlike anything on the nation’s rails today. Dome seats in all cars give passengers an opportunity to view the scenery from all directions. Even the dining car has a dome section where the meals are served inside the dome. The schedule for tour stops left Wednesday, June 16, 1948, as a travel day from Muncie to Kokomo by way of Elwood. BUT THERE WAS NO RIGHT TURN IN ELWOOD. The train traveled west on Nickel Plate tracks to Elwood, but there was no righthand interchange with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The train had to pull completely west of So. Anderson Street and then back through the siding south of the NKP main, around the grain elevator and onto the Pennsylvania tracks. Once completely on PRR tracks, it could then proceed west/north to Kokomo. Sadly, only the Observation car, Moon Glow, still exists. It’s in Ogden, UT, and in dire need of restoration. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 VIII_GMs_Train_of_Tomorrow.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/17/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Banton Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b2d014241010597bc3fc7f7377cc2b98.jpg 7a774739469bdab4a0233d08cfded74e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1654 Title A name given to the resource Storefront of Hayden's Bakery with the two owners standing in front of the doors in long white aprons Description An account of the resource "As we suspected, there was more than one bakery." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Banton Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/4c2a93f4967f3fcb2e9d63088079db6a.jpg 4b4d9d8240c12c96350c33037016f6d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1640 Title A name given to the resource House at 705 E Lake St in Summitville, IN Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/11/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Blanton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Description An account of the resource The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1656 Title A name given to the resource Newspaper article about Richard and Florence Ashton buying Bruning's Store Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/26/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branon Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Description An account of the resource The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1626 Title A name given to the resource Storefront of So Do We Description An account of the resource "Spent some time this morning with Janet Moore. For those of you who don’t know, Janet was one of the original historical society board members until they stopped about 2014. I was wowed by this photo that I had never seen. Hope you all enjoy this as well!" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. 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Barn, Country, 1700, Farm Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/09/2025 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/82c10d48ba2d17d712e47cbc5da49002.jpg b40039d4f75bcf084f3848338ffb1d66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1645 Title A name given to the resource People sitting on house front porch and standing in front yard and trees with full leaf canopies Description An account of the resource "Says “Aunt Mollie Gordon” 1910 Summitville. Other views of the John Nelson Gordon home Lesley posted earlier." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Family, Bare Feet, No Shoes, Catalpa Trees, Porch, Fence, House, Home Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/17/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/46e0c9079e0ec2a552d88f4b15362434.jpg d2400ef4363740d2ce1b18f618eb290a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1653 Title A name given to the resource Storefront (John L Becker Bakery) with horse-drawn wagon and man out front Description An account of the resource "This building is known to us as the city building. In this photo it says John L Becker Bakery" The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Store, Business, Bakery, Horses, Carriage, Awning Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/05/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/ed417f27242a720e8717a99985117cd7.jpg 11bfdc40e372b6a4a7f187982af35978 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1657 Title A name given to the resource Newspaper clipping of Summitville's new street sweeper and fire truck with two rows of firemen standing in front of the vehicles Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/26/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Description An account of the resource The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Firefighter, Street Cleaner, Trucks Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/6599d7ebd7a7ed9881a7325e3afa6e38.jpg 8541b476f616662183789ec5f56b5b93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1658 Title A name given to the resource Newspaper article from 08/20/1976 about th ehistory of Summitville Schools (Part 1) Description An account of the resource "ALL ABOUT THE SCHOOLS!The 2nd photo is the bottom portion of the first column." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. School, Van Buren Township, Civil War, Doctor, Madison-Grant, Madison county Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/26/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/fc67ad803cd174db0417d895ef0dce60.jpg c74f6ab06e1f2f099593970c748f0cdc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1659 Title A name given to the resource Newspaper article from 08/20/1976 about the history of Summitville Schools (Part 2) Description An account of the resource "ALL ABOUT THE SCHOOLS!The 2nd photo is the bottom portion of the first column." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. School, Van Buren Township, Civil War, Doctor, Madison-Grant, Madison County Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/26/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/1d4966eb00befe1764e2993fe65bba54.jpg ac7a558ccfd3629a8cfffc8aaee33848 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1660 Title A name given to the resource Old man and woman in period clothes circa 1907 standing in front of a log cabin Description An account of the resource "The Star Press (Muncie) paper dated Nov 19, 1907 Summitville, Ind., Nov. 18 - At the end of Walnut Street in Summitville stands a type of old log cabin fast disappearing in the country. A sight few visitors ever fail to have pointed out to them. It is the Stanley homestead and has stood here as far back as the oldest inhabitant can remember. The old log cabin is occupied by “Grandma” Almira Stanley, who is far into the seventies. The old lady has a habit of leaving the front door open the year round and the lamplight shining through the door is the guiding star of belated night travelers.” Somewhere I read that the cabin had burned down." The "Date Taken" field reflects when the photo was posted on the Facebook page: Town of Summitville Memories/Indiana Madison County. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summitville, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/23/2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scheri Stanley Branton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Town of Summitville Memories-Facebook Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/3a63d9ae5d4a54946f56b2dc3e16f19c.jpg 71033ca354f989fa07d695c7e921f47b https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/9413fc8b2ea46c241c9f1be2f90071d3.jpg dcf7bc32c0f21d6dc2acde2b650826f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 293 Title A name given to the resource Wendell Willkie High School, 1964. Description An account of the resource Wednell Willkie High School, looking North from Main Street. From the 1964 Cresent Yearbook. Added to database 2-7-2012. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Elwood, IN. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/01/1964 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituaries Obituary First Name Billy Middle Name H. Last Name Aaron Date of Birth 02/14/1940 Date of Death 04/24/2008 Source Date 04/26/2008 Age 68 Source Page 2 Source Column 1 City of Birth Albany State of Birth Kentucky City of Death Alexandria State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Cremation First Name of Mother Minnie Last Name of Mother (Hopkins) Aaron First Name of Father William Last Name of Father Aaron Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 04/26/2008, p. 2, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 56703 Title A name given to the resource Billy H. Aaron Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader