A South Shore detour crosses the Little Calumet River on the IC main line headed for Matteson, Griffith and back to the South Shore at Stillwell.
A South Shore Line train is approaching Sheridan, near the west end of street running, with a high green ahead and a motorist following closely behind.
A South Shore Freight is crossing over the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line at Wire, as it heads south on the former Nickel Plate Road Michigan City branch line. Jeff Stupar photo.
On a sunny morning in downtown Gary, a South Shore BN coal crawls around town with a trio of CSS power at the helm. Due to the double-track construction project, from here to the power plant, will... (more)
After a setback on the BNs side, a late string of coal loads crawls uphill out of Chicago towards the Cleveland Cliffs power plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana. Todays train has a pair of SD38s sandwi... (more)
After initializing PTC just outside of town, CSS 805 charges into Gary, IN with a long string of NORX coal empties in tow.
With the fate of the NIPSCO power plant uncertain, these NORX coal trains may be a distant memory soon enough. With that said, on a sunny spring afternoon, one of South Shore’s NORX coal empties... (more)
Spring in Chicagoland, after a day of severe weather, the following day opened up 50s & sun, perfect weather for South Shore’s NORX coal empties to traverse the system. Todays train has one of t... (more)
Traction orange is seen in abundance on the South Shore Line, near Shops, at Michigan City Indiana. Jeff Stupar photo.
Update: South Shore Line Double Track Project - Eight power units are seen on the new double track configuration at the Amtrak Michigan Line crossing, in-between the former street running trackage... (more)
A two car Interurban is seen at Goff Junction, on the South Shore Line, at approximately 0900 hrs.
CSS 2010 sits next to a KCS Belle in Michigan City. The 2010 still wears LIRC paint.
CSS GP38-2 2010, still in LIRC paint, sits in the yard in Michigan City.
CSS GP38-2 2007 leads AF7 West down 10th Street in Michigan City. The street running trackage on 11th Street has already been removed, and 10th Street will soon follow.
Six EMD units lead a freight west, on what remains of 11th street in the South Shore Line Double Track Project work zone, near Ohio street.
