East Bound South Shore freight on 11st Street Downtown

A Michigan City bound South Shore Freight is seen in La Porte on the Kingsbury Branch, south of the Norfolk Southern crossing at Wire. Jeff Stupar photo.

South Shore GP38-2 2000 sits in front of the old MC depot in Michigan City.

CSS GP38-2 2000 is seen working a yard assignment at Michigan City in July of 2011. 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 2000 passes a pond south of La Porte, Indiana with 50 tank cars heading for storage in Kingsbury, Indiana. Nice to see some countryside running without wires!

CSS 2000 charges through the Ogden Dunes, Indiana station on its way to the BRC.

CSS AF-4, led by CSS 2005, heads past CSS PF-10, led by CSS 2000, in the Gary, Indiana neighborhood of Miller. The AF-4 is heading to the BRC while the PF-10 was heading to the City Track to inter... (more)

CSS PF-10 charges through Gary, Indiana on the old EJ&E city track as it heads to interchange cars with CSX. Gary was getting lake effect snow dumped on it.

CSS PF-10 finally gets the green light to advance west. Here it is climbing up Miller Curve with CSS 2000 screaming in notch 8.

CSS 2000 slows CSS PF-10 to a stop just east of Miller station in Gary, Indiana.

CSS 2000 slows CSS PF-10 to a stop just east of Miller station in Gary, Indiana.

CSS 2000 (GP38-2) leads CSS AF-4 westbound down 11th street in Michigan City, Indiana as conductor Matt waves on. Here it passes the original Michigan City CSS station on its way to the BRC.

With South Shore's freight roster consisting of 2-D-D-2s and leased former C&O and FEC Geeps, the decision was made by management to acquire a fleet of new GP38-2s to replace their aging fleet. T... (more)

"South Shore Freight" motors are en route to their work assignment at Bailly Town, near Burns Harbor, as they cruise down 10th street with a high green ahead.