The interurban, at pointer — and the losses ledger

1898–1971 · THE DIVISION OF THE RECORD

The electric lines are Transit's:What belongs to the steam roads' story is only the frame the electrics ran inside: the interurban shared the river valley with the Lake Shore line and crossed the Grand Trunk's ground, and the photographic record Transit carries fixes the system's last day on Mishawaka's river, a car crossing westbound on the old Grand Trunk bridge on 15 June 1940. The interurban's rail-corporate succession is Transit's record; its companies' freight interchange with the steam roads at Mishawaka was not documented in the record reached and is named as a gap's note.

The losses, gathered: Mishawaka's passenger endings, each from its own entry: the Elkhart & Western never carried passengers in the guides' record; the New York Central's station calls at Mishawaka ended in the 1950s; the Grand Trunk's own passenger service ended 30 April 1971, its late Mishawaka call undocumented; Amtrak, from 1 May 1971, has never stopped in Mishawaka. The freight roads all survive — the only railroad Mishawaka has lost outright is the two-mile Twin Branch Railroad, abandoned with its power station in June 1978, and the Elkhart & Western's western end through the Ball Band grounds, lifted under Conrail and never relaid.

Sources:

1. This build's Transit section — the Northern Indiana system whole, the interurban's course and end of 1 June 1934 (South Bend's settlement, followed there), the last streetcars of 15 June 1940 and the photograph of the last run crossing the St. Joseph River on the old Grand Trunk bridge.
2. The entries above, gathered — no new facts.