Local History

Search Our Local History Index

The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing 6 results for Railroad Repair Shops.

ID	32294
Title of Article	Round House Yard
Notes	Elkhart Remembered (Elk 977.281 E43e)
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Elkhart Collection
Picture Caption	1949 photo of roundhouse
Date	June 8, 1949
Page	132
Subjects	Railroad Repair Shops, Railroad Roundhouses, Railroads

ID	46627
Title of Article	Boilermakers at Railroad shops, Elkhart.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v. 3
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 2
Date	January 1, 1920
Page	27
Subjects	Railroad Repair Shops, Boilermakers

ID	15866
Title of Article	Lake Shore announces plans for $3,000,000 shops
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of shops
Date	February 25, 1910
Page	1
Subjects	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (LS & MS), Railroad Repair Shops, New York Central Railroad, Railroads

ID	43466
Title of Article	Lake Shore is to enlarge its locomotive shops
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 22, 1906
Page	1
Subjects	Lake Wawasee, Railroad Repair Shops, Railroads, New York Central Railroad

ID	82551
Title of Article	Farewell To The Old 'Back Shops'
Source	Unknown
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	No date given
History #	523
Subjects	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (LS & MS), New York Central Railroad, Railroad Repair Shops

ID	31445
Title of Article	Paint and Repair Shop
Notes	Elkhart Remembered (Elk 977.281 E43e)
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Elkhart Collection
Picture Caption	1890 photo of shop & staff
Date	February 11, 1890
Page	7
Subjects	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (LS & MS), Railroad Repair Shops, Horton, Albert Ira, New York Central Railroad