From that northeast Indiana town, trackage rights allowed PRR trains to continue over the Wabash Railroad to Toledo, Ohio.

[1][2] Between Columbia City and a point due south of Garrett (or just northwest of Cedar), the alignment of Indiana State Route 205 was built to closely parallel a very straight section of the (now former) tracks of the Eel River Railroad (also known as the Butler Branch line).

The first attempt to construct a railroad along the Eel River was by the Toledo, Logansport and Northern Rail Road in 1856; however this company was unsuccessful.

This gave the PRR a route between St. Louis and Toledo, via a connection with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway at Butler.

[6][14] All cities and towns in Indiana Since being completely abandoned in 1977, the ground which laid the railroad has been left mostly untouched, leaving behind a ghostly touch of the past.

[19][20] In March of 2019, Trains Magazine reported that the Logansport & Eel River Railroad was seeking a waiver for a requirement to put a section of out-of-service track back into service.

In the filing, Logansport & Eel River states the railroad is ready to re-install signage once a decision is made about the responsibility for the switch.