CR local freight FW13 at North Manchester, IN

Conrail local freight FW13 has come down the Michigan Branch from Warsaw, IN to North Manchester, IN and is swinging onto the Mexico Secondary, a remnant of an ex PRR line, to head to Mexico, IN in April 1976. This shot was taken in the vicinity of where the ex NYC/PRR diamond was located. An impatient northbound train waits in the distance on the Michigan Branch, anxious to get going to its destination of Elkhart yard. Paul Lutz photo with permission