From a KPC News story today: KENDALLVILLE — A historic steam train will pass through DeKalb and Noble counties on the weekend of May 3 and 4, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society said Friday. Steam locomotive 765 will make one or two trips each day between Elkhart and Bryan, Ohio, on the Norfolk Southern railroad for the railroad’s employee appreciation event. Cities and towns along the route include Ligonier, Kendallville, Waterloo and Butler. A spokesman for the society, Kelly Lynch, said people in those communities will have at least two and up to four chances per day to see the locomotive pass through. A timetable is expected to be released in late April. The trips will carry the name of Commodore Vanderbilt, a historic passenger train that operated over the route. Later this summer, July 12 and 13, the locomotive will pull two round-trip excursions as the Detroit Arrow, operating between Detroit and Fort Wayne. Passengers will travel to Fort Wayne for a four-hour layover at Fort Wayne’s Three Rivers Festival. Tickets for the Detroit Arrow go on sale Wednesday and include seating accommodations in coach, deluxe coach, first class and dome class passenger cars. Information is available at fortwaynerailroad.org and 493-0765. The Detroit Arrow trips will pass through Montpelier, Ohio, and Butler and Grabill. Last year, each Detroit-to-Fort Wayne trip behind the 765 sold out, with its last excursion out of Fort Wayne selling out in less than two hours. The train carried passengers, enthusiasts and tourists from the region and from around the world. The railroad historical society will announce additional operations featuring engine 765 in May. A fall schedule will be released later. In 2013, the railroad historical society published a smartphone app that allows people to track the train by GPS and social media. This year, the society will release a full-length documentary, “Listen for the Whistle,”
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:58:39 +0000
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