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/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2425 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana GM's Train of Tomorrow 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 05/10/2022 Description An account of the resource GM's Train of Tomorrow's Trip through Elwood, Indiana Wednesday, June 16, 1948 Notes: Marvin Crim, Train of Tomorrow, GM, Elwood, Indiana, Tour Stops