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Chicago, Soouth Shore & South Bend Blueprint for cars #35-39
Title:  Chicago, Soouth Shore & South Bend Blueprint for cars #35-39
Description:  Nice blueprint of Chciago South Shore & South Bend interurban cars #35-39 and a summary sspecs sheet. Included in this album is a photo of CSS #38.
Photo Date:  5/1/1929  Upload Date: 8/6/2025 9:54:46 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  307   Comments: 0
MC 0-6-0 #8827 - Michigan Central RR
Title:  MC 0-6-0 #8827 - Michigan Central RR
Description:  Not much information could be found on this little switcher. Please leave a comment if you have any information. No photographer listed and date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1930  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 8:04:31 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MC 8827(0-6-0)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
ATSF 139759
Title:  ATSF 139759
Description:  Pullman Builder's photo. Sante Fe Company Photo.
Photo Date:  3/30/1940  Upload Date: 1/19/2013 11:06:00 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jason Greene
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1356   Comments: 0
UP 50ft Flatcar 57059
Title:  UP 50ft Flatcar 57059
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1941  Upload Date: 6/13/2023 11:59:43 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Pullman-Standard
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  396   Comments: 0
CSS 503 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 503 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Interesting early photo by Dick Rumbolz of ex-Indiana RR #375 as a Chicago South Shore & South Bend coach car convert. Some 15 years later photos show it as having been converted into a baggage car marked "Fast Emergency Package Service".
Photo Date:  6/1/1948  Upload Date: 1/19/2016 5:18:42 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CSS 503(Trolley)
Views:  892   Comments: 1
CSS 803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Looking sharp in the noonday sun back in 1949 is CSS "Little Joe" #803 sitting in the Michigan City yard. No photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  7/1/1949  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 12:44:04 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  1352   Comments: 1
CSS 32 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 32 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Sitting just east of the Michigan City shops area is Chicago South Shore & South Bend interurban #32. Built by Standard Steel Co in 1929 before the merger with Pullman a few years later, this car was part of a fleet that served the Chicago to northwest Indiana region for nearly 30+ years. The slide may be a duplicated one. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/1/1949  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 7:36:19 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CSS 32(Interurban)
Views:  853   Comments: 1
CSS 2-D-D-2 #803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 2-D-D-2 #803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  This is a fairly young view of the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend 2-D-D-2 "Little Joe" #803 at the Michigan City Shops area. The photo is by John Brinkmann.
Photo Date:  9/13/1952  Upload Date: 2/4/2025 5:57:37 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
CSS 803 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend "Little Joe"
Title:  CSS 803 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend "Little Joe"
Description:  Good looking EP-4 type locomotive taken at the CSS Michigan City Shops. Built by GE io 1949 for failed sale to Russia, this "Little Joe" loco worked freight throughout the South Shore line. Eventually retired, it was sold to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL where iu has been restored to beautiful condition. John Brinkmann photo
Photo Date:  9/13/1952  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 12:24:51 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  1061   Comments: 1
CSS 101 & 8 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 101 & 8 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Beautiful sepia photo (left untouched) of two 1926 Pullman built interurban cars that was the backbone of the line before the newer Nippon Sharyo appeared in 1982. The orange cars, later crudely nicknamed "Crash-Rattle-Bang cars" as they neared the end of their service, were a familiar sight in northwest Indiana. L. Swanson photo
Photo Date:  6/18/1953  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:35:04 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CSS 101(Interurban) CSS 8(Interurban)
Views:  1183   Comments: 0
CSS 108 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 108 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Built by Pullman in 1926 as a coach/baggage combo interurban, this unit is rolling away from the Carroll Avenue station next to the CSS shops and yard in Michigan City. It is reported that the unit was scrapped. The slide came from the Houser collection.
Photo Date:  9/7/1956  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 4:34:21 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CSS 108(Interurban)
Views:  802   Comments: 1
8 MICHIGAN CITY SHOPS 5-26-57
Title:  8 MICHIGAN CITY SHOPS 5-26-57
Description:  CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND RR
Photo Date:  5/26/1957  Upload Date: 2/18/2010 8:43:46 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  FRANK PFUHLER
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 28(Interurban)
Views:  1100   Comments: 1
CSS 803
Title:  CSS 803
Description:  Little Joe number 803 at Michigan City yard.
Photo Date:  4/4/1958  Upload Date: 7/19/2024 10:41:47 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
CSS 1012 and 1013
Title:  CSS 1012 and 1013
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/19/1958  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 1:35:08 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1012(Steeple Cab) CSS 1013(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1910   Comments: 0
CSS Interurban #26, Freight Motor #901 & Line car 1100
Title:  CSS Interurban #26, Freight Motor #901 & Line car 1100
Description:  This is an interested trio of Chicago, South Shore & South Bend items caught at the Michigan City Shops area. To the left corner is CSS interurban #26, one of the Pullman cars built in 1926. In the center of the photo is CSS freight motor #901. This electric steeplecab was built by Baldwin/Westinghouse in 1929 as IC #10001. The CSS acquaired it in 1941. Finally to the the far right is CSS maintenance of way line car #1100 rebuilt from an indiana Railroad interurban car. This is a photo from the orignal negative that Lawrence H. Boehning took over 67 years ago!
Photo Date:  5/8/1958  Upload Date: 2/8/2024 3:52:22 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  CSS 26(Interurban) CSS 901(Steeple Cab) CSS 1100(Trolley)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
CSS Express Bagage #503 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS Express Bagage #503 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  To the far right is Chicago, South Shore & South Bend express baggage car with the slogan "Fast Emergency Package Service". It was built by St. Louis Car in 1926 as Indiana Railroad combine #375 but later picked up and converted by the CSS shops into the baggage car. Strangely, it now resides as a static display under shelter in Scottsburg, IN. This southern Indiana city is far from the car's original CSS home. To the left of it is CSS interurban #33. This is a scan I did from Lawrence H. Boehning's original negative.
Photo Date:  5/8/1958  Upload Date: 2/8/2024 3:52:39 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  506   Comments: 0
CSS 801
Title:  CSS 801
Description:  CSS & SB Little Joe electric. One of thyree operasted by this short line that were intended for Russia but delivery was cancelled due to the escalating Cold War. Dte not known
Photo Date:  7/31/1960  Upload Date: 7/19/2024 10:40:53 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CS 7844(SD40-2) CSS 801(2-D-D-2)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Christmas Cars - front
Title:  Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Christmas Cars - front
Description:  Nice CSS Christmas card featuring interurban #35 built by Standard Steel in 1927. No photo credit was given.
Photo Date:  12/1/1960  Upload Date: 2/15/2025 9:18:14 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 35(Interurban)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Christmas Cars - close up
Title:  Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Christmas Cars - close up
Description:  Here is a close up of CSS interurban car #35 that was displayed on the the 1960 Christams card. It appears that the photo was taken earlier in the year, possibly June since the background trees are fully leafed out. No photo credit was listed.
Photo Date:  12/1/1960  Upload Date: 2/15/2025 9:18:17 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Winter,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  383   Comments: 0
CSS SW1 #601
Title:  CSS SW1 #601
Description:  Originally built by EMD in March of 1940 for Buffalo Creek Rwy, it landed on the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend roster where it helped shuffle cars in the Michigan City shops yard. Eventually it was sold to thee Columbus & Greenville Rwy as their #514. Disposition of this unit is unknown after the plant it was working in closed in 1987. Unknown photographer took the color slide.
Photo Date:  9/1/1961  Upload Date: 6/6/2020 5:28:07 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 601(SW1)
Views:  947   Comments: 1
CSS 705 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 705 - Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Ex-NYC #340 heads up what appears to be a fan trip. Built by Alco and delivered to the NYC as #340 in June of 1931, it was transferred to the Chicago South Shore electrified line in the mid-1950's. No exact date or photographer was listed for this photo so an approximate date was used.
Photo Date:  9/4/1961  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:35:10 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CSS 705(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
4-801 C-1978
Title:  4-801 C-1978
Description:  CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND RR
Photo Date:  1/31/1962  Upload Date: 2/18/2010 8:41:46 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  FRANK PFUHLER
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 801(2-D-D-2) CSS 1(Interurban)
Views:  2307   Comments: 2
CSS
Title:  CSS
Description:  Boxcab Engine
Photo Date:  11/22/1962  Upload Date: 10/20/2024 9:59:44 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  joel shanus
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  281   Comments: 0
CSS 704 & 703
Title:  CSS 704 & 703
Description:  Chicago, South Shore & South Bend R-2 boxcabs #704 and 703 run a freight string east near Michigan City circa 1963. #704 was former NYC #343 while #703 was former NYC #303 both acquired in the late 1950's. No photographer was listed for the original b&w negative that this print came from.
Photo Date:  6/1/1963  Upload Date: 6/6/2020 4:42:46 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) CSS 703(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  1340   Comments: 0
CSS 704 & 701
Title:  CSS 704 & 701
Description:  The two former NYC R-2 boxcabs, now CSS 704 & 701, are running a freight east near Michigan City, IN. The negative I used for the print was from an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1963  Upload Date: 6/6/2020 4:42:52 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 704(R-2 Boxcab) CSS 701(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  1023   Comments: 1
CSS 706 & 701
Title:  CSS 706 & 701
Description:  The two former NYC R-2 boxcabs, #706 in lead and 701 trailing are shuffling freight near Michigan City, IN. The original b&w negative came from an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1963  Upload Date: 6/6/2020 4:43:10 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 706(R-2 Boxcab) CSS 701(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  923   Comments: 0
Former NYC 318
Title:  Former NYC 318
Description:  Looks like a former NYC boxcab sitting on the Chicago South Shore property in 1963 might be the next Alco-GE unit to take to the CSS roster like its 7 other sisters like #308, #314 and #340-43. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  8/7/1963  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 12:43:51 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYC 318(R-2 Boxcab)
Views:  1511   Comments: 0
CSS "Little Joe" 802 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS "Little Joe" 802 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  A good photo of #802 sitting in the Michigan City yard between runs. #802 now resides in the Lake Shore Rwy Museum in North East, PA, not far from the GE plant in Erie, PA that built it. No photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  8/7/1963  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 12:43:58 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 802(2-D-D-2)
Views:  1088   Comments: 0
CSS 803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 803 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Standing with its door open is CSS "Little Joe" 803 in the Michigan City yard back in 1963. No photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  8/7/1963  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 12:44:11 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  956   Comments: 0
CSS 1100 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Title:  CSS 1100 - Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
Description:  Another view of the catenary wire mainenance of way vehicle parked on a siding in the Michigan City yard on this 1963 day. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  8/7/1963  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 12:44:27 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 1100(Trolley)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
South Shore Line #1012 at Shops
Title:  South Shore Line #1012 at Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 6:40:47 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1012(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1549   Comments: 0
CSS&SB 106 and 800s
Title:  CSS&SB 106 and 800s
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:03:28 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty B]rnard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 106(Interurban) CSS 802(2-D-D-2) CSS 801(2-D-D-2) CSS 803(2-D-D-2)
Views:  2352   Comments: 0
CSS&SB 108
Title:  CSS&SB 108
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/6/2008 8:10:37 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 108(Interurban)
Views:  920   Comments: 0
CSS&SB 108
Title:  CSS&SB 108
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/6/2008 8:10:38 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CSS 108(Interurban)
Views:  1217   Comments: 1
CSS&SB 108
Title:  CSS&SB 108
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/6/2008 8:10:39 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CSS 108(Interurban)
Views:  1581   Comments: 1
CSS&SB 109
Title:  CSS&SB 109
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/6/2008 8:10:40 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 109(Interurban)
Views:  1136   Comments: 1
South Shore Line #1100 at Shops
Title:  South Shore Line #1100 at Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 6:40:46 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1100(Trolley)
Views:  1113   Comments: 0
CSS&SB 111
Title:  CSS&SB 111
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/6/2008 8:10:55 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 111(Interurban)
Views:  1301   Comments: 0
CSS&SB 37
Title:  CSS&SB 37
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:03:01 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 37(Interurban)
Views:  1059   Comments: 0
CSS&SB Line Car #50
Title:  CSS&SB Line Car #50
Description:  It had an insulated, probably raisable, platform to stand on to repair the overhead wire. It was both highway and rail capable. T. A. Ooons wrote me: "Thanks for posting the photo of the CSSSB line car 50. It is a 1937 Evans Autorailer from the Arlington and Fairfax trolley line in Northern Virginia. Thly ran there from 1937 through 1939. The Vienna destination sign can still be read. The Washington and Old Dominion later used one as a line car with a different platfoOm arrangement. A photo is at http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/Libraries/history/LibrariesHistoryBackPages010808.aspx "
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:03:03 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 50(MoW Equipment)
Views:  3113   Comments: 0
South Shore Line #900 at Shops
Title:  South Shore Line #900 at Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 6:40:47 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 900(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1503   Comments: 0
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Title:  Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Description:  Closer tracks are the South Shore's
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 2/12/2009 11:42:54 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  634   Comments: 2
NKP 526 at South Shore Shops
Title:  NKP 526 at South Shore Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 3/15/2007 10:32:29 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 526(GP9)
Views:  2273   Comments: 1
This Would be a Caboose Hop if it Weren't Sitting in the Yard, i.e., No Hop
Title:  This Would be a Caboose Hop if it Weren't Sitting in the Yard, i.e., No Hop
Description:  This Geep is not the start of a series, just another GP7 with a builder's number after GP7 5799.NYC
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:58:15 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bjrnard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 5800(GP7)
Views:  3230   Comments: 3
NYC 8244
Title:  NYC 8244
Description:  Exact location not recorded.
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:58:22 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 8244(RS3)
Views:  2698   Comments: 0
NYC 9631
Title:  NYC 9631
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 10:58:25 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 9633(SW900)
Views:  2391   Comments: 0
Pullman Standard #7
Title:  Pullman Standard #7
Description:  Thanks to Rick Morgan for the data on this critter.
Photo Date:  12/26/1963  Upload Date: 2/12/2009 11:42:57 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PSCM 7(UNKNOWN)
Views:  801   Comments: 2
Monon 210 and a BL2
Title:  Monon 210 and a BL2
Description:  Unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1964  Upload Date: 1/9/2010 10:40:38 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1442   Comments: 2
Monon 407
Title:  Monon 407
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1964  Upload Date: 1/9/2010 10:39:08 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MON 407(C628)
Views:  2507   Comments: 0
Monon 46, 45,  and 108
Title:  Monon 46, 45, and 108
Description:  Unknown date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1964  Upload Date: 1/9/2010 10:39:42 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MON 46(H-15-44) MON 45(H-15-44) MON 108(F3A)
Views:  3572   Comments: 1


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