The New Buffalo Railroad Museum is located at 530 S. Whittaker in New Buffalo.  It is located on the grounds of what was the largest train yard in South West Michigan. This yard was built for the  Pete Marquette Railroad.  It was built in 1919-1920.   The yard was a large complex complete with a round house, water towers and 2 coaling towers.It was operated until 1947.  At this time the railroad was sold to the C& O Railroad.  

      The New Buffalo Railroad Museum was founded in 1989.  The Museum Building is a replica of the original Pere Marquette Railroad Station that stood at this site in the 1920’s. It was constructed from the original blueprints by Alvin R. Kissman, David Ohms, and George Slechta.

     There are multiple exhibits in the museum.

    Outside the building there are multiple rail cars including: a Pullman Troops Sleeper Car, Chesapeake System Caboose and multiple box cars.

     Adjacent to the Railroad Museum is the deserted roundhouse from the railroad yard.

     This picture is a coal tower from the New Buffalo Railroad Yard.

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     The Blackstone State Theater is located at 212 S. Michigan South Bend Indiana.  It was built in 1919.  The architect was Henry  C. Newhouse.  It is a four story brick and terra cotta building.  Style is Classical Revival.

    The first floor has 4 storefronts and the theater entrance.  The theater had one screen and seated 2500. It was closed between 1977 and 1994.  It closed again in 2016.

    It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in June 5, 1985.

      The Vandalia Railroad was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. One of its station is located in South Bend at 701 S. Main Street.  This was built in 1905. It is a 2 story brick building. It has Romanesque arches over its second story windows. The station is no longer in use by the railroad.  Of interest, the station is located across the street from the Studebaker Administration Building.

     When this author visited the site, it was apparently operating as a restaurant named Roselily.

 Union Station in South Bend is located on 326 W. South Street.  It opened in 1929. It was located across the street from the Studebaker Plant.  It served both the New York Central Railroad and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. It was designed by the architectural firm of a Fellheimer and Wagner.

     The building style was Art Deco. It is a medium sized station.  It has a rounded barrel arched roof.  The platforms were elevated. The walls have a distinctive brick pattern detail.

    When the New York Central Railroad merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 to form the Penn Central Transportation, they used Union Station.  The station closed in 1971.  In 1979, the station was purchased by south Bend native Kevin Smith.

       Union  Station became a technology center. Union Station Technology Center is used by Global Access Point.  They renovated the facility to become a data center housing computing equipment from outside companies.

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     The Technology Center is a state of the art hub for digital information providing a location  for small businesses data center, data. transport and carrier operations.

     In 2019, the South Bend Tribune moved its offices into the Union Station Technology Center.