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The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society was formed in 1972 and currently has over 400 members and over 70 volunteers. The group was formed with one purpose in mind: to restore an old steam locomotive to operational use and see it running down the tracks again. The history of the group actually begins before the FWRHS was formally conceived.
The South Shore Line ( reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District ( NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The name refers to both the physical line ...
Pittsburgh, PA — Fort Wayne, IN — Columbia City, IN — Logansport, IN — St. Louis, MO for World's Fair; Exposition Express 1901 St. Louis, MO — Columbus, OH — Akron, OH — Buffalo, NY via Erie for World's Fair; Exposition Flyer 1895 — 1896 New York, NY — Atlanta, GA for Cotton States Expo renamed New York & Florida Short Line ...
Ohio Railway: 1894 1894 Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway: Ohio Railway: ACY: 1883 1887 Pittsburgh, Akron and Western Railway: Ohio Railway: NKP: 1879 1880 New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio Central Railroad: NYC: 1879 1885 Ohio and Kanawha Railway, Toledo and Ohio Central Railway: Ohio Central Railway: NYC: 1876 1878
The Indiana Railroad was created on July 2, 1930, when Midland Utilities purchased the Union Traction Company of Indiana (UTC) and transferred ownership to the IR. 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 ...
Fort Wayne station. / 41.07222°N 85.14056°W / 41.07222; -85.14056. The Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, also known as Baker Street Station, is a former passenger rail station in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. The American Craftsman -style station opened to the public March 23, 1914, at a cost of $550,000.
Trail Blazer. (train) The Trail Blazer was a deluxe all-coach train, inaugurated between New York and Chicago via Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17:25 schedule operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The trains departed New York City and Chicago every day at 4:30 pm and 3:00 pm, respectively, and arrived at the destination the next morning.
The city signed a fifteen-year lease with the team ownership for the future baseball stadium. In September 2001, the team was officially named the Gary SouthShore RailCats, drawing its name from both the city's deep history of freight lines and the South Shore Line commuter train (visible over the left field wall at the stadium).