Chef Nick Alessandri works on dinner preparations in the tiny kitchen aboard The Hoosier State passenger train, which has restored freshly made meals to the rail line between Chicago and Indianapolis. (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)
The whitewashed figure of a World War II-era serviceman is seen beside a vintage rail car inside the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown. The so-called “ghost figures” can be spotted throughout the hotel, inside the city’s former train station. (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)
