South Shore Freight motor 2002 leads a train between Michigan City and La Porte on the old NKP line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

South Shore Line yard scene in June of 2012. View east from the Roeske Road overpass. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

CSS 2005 and its mate cruise down 10th street on snow covered rails, with mixed freight in tow. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

CSS 2002 leads a train through some colorful Autumnal scenery on the former Nickel Plate Road branch line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

Close clearance! South Shore Freight motors 2000 & 2009 switch loads and empties at the GAF industrial siding in Michigan City. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

CSS 805 climbs the hill Penn/Wabash Hill in Gary, Indiana. This is where the CSS climbs over the old PRR and Wabash if the name doesn't make sense.

CSS 2006 charges past the station at Miller with 25 tanks in trail bound for the IHB.

It's maintenance time on the South Shore Line for CSS 2009. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

CSS 2005 is working a switching assignment at the Carroll avenue yard in Michigan City. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

CSS PF-10 climbs the grade on 11th street out of Shops with CSS 2003 leading the way. The train will continue to Bailly Yard from here where they're day will be over.

CSS 2006 descends down from Parrish with a 45 car train for the BRC. Parrish is where the CSS goes over the old EJE, now CN trackage.

CSS PF-10 comes down from Calumet Hill and crosses Indianapolis Boulevard with CSS 2003 leading.

South Shore Line freight motors 2005 & 2007 lead their train north to Michigan City on an old Nickel Plate Road branch line. The train is crossing the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line near milepost 4... (more)

A long Chicago South Shore & South Bend freight train makes its way eastward down the center of the center of Michigan City, Indiana's 11th Street on September 28, 2018. There have been rumors fo... (more)

NICTD 43 makes a hard right on 11th street as it heads west to Chicago via the South Shore Line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.