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| Title: |
Evening at Randolph St |
| Description: |
The afternoon rush is over, and there are a only a few slumbering South Shore trains at Randolph St, now the Millennium Station. One of the 1925 cars spends the night. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 8/27/2020 6:04:49 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 8(Interurban) |
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236 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
I think I can!! |
| Description: |
South Shore, in an effort to boost rider morale, put these stickers on the side of their cars in the late 70s. The railroad, at the time, was in disrepair, its cars over 50 years old, and much of its infrastructure in need of updating. Salvation would come in a few years with the NICTD, which today runs the South Shore with some funding from Indiana. In 1978, it was on a wing and a prayer-and a little optimism. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 8/27/2020 6:07:37 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 8(Interurban) |
| Views: |
240 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
South Shore |
| Description: |
A short South Shore train heads toward 115th St and home rails, just out of Randolph St. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 4:35:54 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSS 101(Interurban) |
| Views: |
527 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Street running |
| Description: |
The CSS&SB runs down 10th St in Michigan City, IN, making its station stop right in the middle of the road. Its an interesting situation, whether youre riding or driving. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 10:11:54 PM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 104(Interurban) |
| Views: |
644 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ancient car |
| Description: |
South Shore 203, a non powered trailer is in a train waiting for afternoon rush. These cars dated back to the 20s. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 3:52:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 203(Interurban) |
| Views: |
544 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Street running |
| Description: |
A short train rolls down 10th St in Michigan City. Watching the trains was almost as much fun as riding. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 3:50:10 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 7(Interurban) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
South Shore at Randolph St |
| Description: |
A South Shore train arrives from Indiana at the CSS&SB section of IC's Randolph St. Station in Chicago. The cars would be replaced starting the next year. Note the stainless steel bi levels in the left background. These were from a diesel train the South Shore was using for extra capacity at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:23:21 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 101(Interurban) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
South Shore |
| Description: |
A South Shore train waits to enter Randolph St Station to take on passengers for Indiana |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:25:14 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 102(Interurban) |
| Views: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
South shore eastbound |
| Description: |
A South Shore train makes its station stop at Hammond |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 3:57:03 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 12(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Station stop |
| Description: |
A Michigan City bound train drops passengers at Hammond |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 4:01:21 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 18(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mood shot |
| Description: |
A westbound South Shore train cuts through the mist |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 4:07:38 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 36(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Urban running |
| Description: |
A South Shore train rolls through East Chicago as Im stuck at a light. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1984 Upload Date: 7/24/2014 3:15:06 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 115(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
304 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along US 12 |
| Description: |
The South Shore runs alongside US 12 through part of northwest Indiana, easy pickings for a photo. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1998 Upload Date: 3/17/2014 1:50:38 AM |
| Location: |
Miller, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 31(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
One spot |
| Description: |
There are not many roads that have an engine #1(CSX does) or a car #1. I was at Miller Ind this day catching some of the action, and caught South Shores ace as the train stopped to drop homebound commuters from Chicago |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/16/2019 5:43:29 AM |
| Location: |
Miller, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
146 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taking the signal |
| Description: |
Westbound train 20 led by car 10 passes the signal at CP 43.7 as it departs Dune Park. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/16/2019 6:07:00 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 10(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
325 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
Train 11 rolls off to the east, having dropped its riders at Dune Park. It is one of a handful of trains that will run the full length of the railroad today, most going only as far as Michigan City |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 5:16:49 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 106(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
227 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Odd herald |
| Description: |
Its not really. Its just the initials of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District, the state agency that has run the South Shore for the last 35 years or so. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 5:32:09 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 106(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
225 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Power |
| Description: |
The pantograph atop car 106 show how the trains collect the power that propels them. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 5:42:25 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
132 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The real railroad |
| Description: |
The South Shore herald is still proudly displayed on the roads equipment, such as here on car 106 at Dune Park. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 5:53:11 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 106(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
228 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Right down the middle |
| Description: |
The South Shore tracks still run right down the middle of 10th St in Michigan City, the trains dodging traffic as they have done for almost 100 years. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/19/2019 4:23:51 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
138 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling away |
| Description: |
Train 116 rolls west down 10th St, having made its pick up. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/19/2019 5:05:54 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 303(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
264 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed to the big city |
| Description: |
Chicago bound train 116 takes on riders at its mid street stop in Michigan City. The station is now a bench and a bus shelter, the elegant station having been closed years ago, though it still stands a block to the west. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:19:29 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 308(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Good crowd |
| Description: |
A fair sized crowd for a mid day train lines up to board the Chicago bound train in the middle of 10th St |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:23:00 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 308(Interurban) |
| Views: |
209 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Headed out of town |
| Description: |
The westbound train is now working its way down 10th St, several blocks from the station, as it heads to Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:33:46 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 308(Interurban) |
| Views: |
235 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
New station |
| Description: |
Train 116 rolls to a stop in front of the new Michigan City station as riders prepare to board. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:43:34 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 308(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
345 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old station |
| Description: |
Train 116 has loaded its passengers and is now passing the old South Shore station as it approaches Franklin St. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:49:42 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 308(Interurban) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wonder what rule this is |
| Description: |
In the rule book, all signals have a rule number. I bet this isnt in the General Code of Operating Rules, though....Train 116 waits for the red light at Franklin St. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:57:49 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 308(Interurban) |
| Views: |
217 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming home |
| Description: |
Train 11 for South Bend, led by car 33, arrives at Dune Park. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 5:08:40 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 33(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
222 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling away |
| Description: |
Eastbound train 107 rolls away from Beverly Shores as it steadily makes its way to Michigan City |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/16/2019 5:52:40 AM |
| Location: |
Beverly Shores, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 104(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
381 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Single digit |
| Description: |
Car 6 leads train 117 as it slows to a stop for its station work at the attractive Beverly Shores station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/16/2019 5:57:44 AM |
| Location: |
Beverly Shores, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NICD 6(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
283 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pretty station |
| Description: |
Stations on the South Shore run the gamut from bare bones to elegant. On the elegant end of the scale is this pretty building at Beverly Shores, a classic and often photographed building, and deservedly so. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/22/2019 4:45:15 AM |
| Location: |
Beverly Shores, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
138 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not fast enough |
| Description: |
Me, I mean. We had left Dune Park and were heading for Miller, thinking we might beat the train, or have a shot at catching it along US 12, which runs next to the tracks. I saw the train and was able to pull over, but not fast enough to get out and get it passing signal 492-1. Those guys MOVE!!! |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/21/2019 6:02:45 AM |
| Location: |
Dune Park, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSS 12(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
200 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old sign |
| Description: |
The South Shore sign on the old station building is still in place, even though the building was closed some years ago, and the new "station" is down the block, essentially a bus shelter with a bench. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/22/2019 4:54:09 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
101 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Miller station |
| Description: |
Miller is a very basic station, just a shelter and a platform. Not much, but it works. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/23/2019 4:55:20 AM |
| Location: |
Miller, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
120 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
New station |
| Description: |
The new Michigan City station is functionally spartan. At least theres a place to sit. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/22/2019 5:19:48 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
136 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Even the parking lots |
| Description: |
NICTD has been running the trains on the South Shore for upward of 30 years, but there is still a lot of CSS&SB signage around, on equipment, stations, and even the parking lot sign at Michigan City, directly across from the old station. It was lightly used, and a handy place to park a 26 foot Winnebago. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/23/2019 5:15:16 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
120 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old building |
| Description: |
The old station building, the one that had a ticket office and waiting room, sits forlornly along 10th St, the trains now picking up and discharging passengers down the block to the east. For comparison, see the photos in this album from the 1980s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/22/2019 5:33:48 AM |
| Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
139 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Where it all goes |
| Description: |
The South Shore route map is displayed on the platform at Beverly Shores. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 5/23/2019 5:57:23 AM |
| Location: |
Beverly Shores, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
149 Comments: 1 |
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