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EspañolCHICAGO SOUTHSHORE AND SOUTH BEND RAILROAD
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The 'Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad' , known to many as the ''South Shore Line'', is a short line railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and local industries in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.
The line was operated as the 'Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad' ('CSS&SB') until it went bankrupt in 1989, when the NICTD, formed in 1977 to help fund the line, took over operations. The line's freight service was picked up in 1990 by the new Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad , owned by Anacostia and Pacific, took over freight operations. It acquired the Kensington and Eastern Railroad, the piece in Illinois, from the Illinois Central Railroad in 1996.
The CSS&SB operates diesel locomotives on the whole line. It also operates the former Indianapolis, La Porte and Michigan City Railroad and Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, once part of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate) system, from Michigan City southeast to Dillon (southeast of Stillwell), bought from Norfolk Southern in 2001. Via trackage rights it connects to many other railroads in the Chicago area, with connections to the Port of Chicago, Proviso Yard and Joliet.
The CSS&SB's primary businesses are coal and steel, the coal delivered to the Michigan City and Burns Harbor generating stations owned by Northern Indiana Public Service Company. The CSS&SB also serves many online customers along the line.
★ South Shore Line (NICTD) a commuter rail line
★ Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad Official Site
★ 1973 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track charts - Kensington and Eastern Railroad
★ CSS&SB Pictures Includes freight and passenger pictures taken 2005
★ Matt Van Hattem, South Shore Line, ''Trains''
★ Railroad History Database
The 'Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad' , known to many as the ''South Shore Line'', is a short line railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and local industries in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.
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History
The line was operated as the 'Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad' ('CSS&SB') until it went bankrupt in 1989, when the NICTD, formed in 1977 to help fund the line, took over operations. The line's freight service was picked up in 1990 by the new Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad , owned by Anacostia and Pacific, took over freight operations. It acquired the Kensington and Eastern Railroad, the piece in Illinois, from the Illinois Central Railroad in 1996.
The CSS&SB operates diesel locomotives on the whole line. It also operates the former Indianapolis, La Porte and Michigan City Railroad and Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, once part of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate) system, from Michigan City southeast to Dillon (southeast of Stillwell), bought from Norfolk Southern in 2001. Via trackage rights it connects to many other railroads in the Chicago area, with connections to the Port of Chicago, Proviso Yard and Joliet.
The CSS&SB's primary businesses are coal and steel, the coal delivered to the Michigan City and Burns Harbor generating stations owned by Northern Indiana Public Service Company. The CSS&SB also serves many online customers along the line.
See also
★ South Shore Line (NICTD) a commuter rail line
External links
★ Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad Official Site
★ 1973 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad track charts - Kensington and Eastern Railroad
★ CSS&SB Pictures Includes freight and passenger pictures taken 2005
References
★ Matt Van Hattem, South Shore Line, ''Trains''
★ Railroad History Database
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