Talk:South Shore Line (NICTD)

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I think this article should be have Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad merged into it, not the other way around. The name of the rail line does not use CamelCase.

It appears the current freight company does in fact use camelcase, and the passenger line is the "South Shore Line", with no "Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad" any more. --SPUI (talk) 11:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Does the South Shore still stop at Ambridge? I recall it as a "signal stop" only, but I remember it stopping there in the early 90s (back when I took the train to work every day). --Mhking 00:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Map

A map is now available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:SouthShore.png, feel free to use it --JVittes 06:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Great, I put it in there, feel free to adjust it. Craig R. Nielsen 07:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is not an interurban

Referring to South Shore service as interurban streetcar service is simply incorrect. The route may be the legacy route of the old interurban, but solely heavy-rail commuter trains are operate along it. Today, this is a commuter rail service with a few streetside stops in Michigan City. Calling it an interurban gives the impression that light-rail stock is used on this line and that is far from the case. A distinction should be made between the description of the route as a legacy interurban route and a description of the trains actually operated along it. This is not a streetcar, plain and simple.

[edit] Infoboxes needed

Who wants to install infoboxes for all the station articles? ---- DanTD 21:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Street running in South Bend past 1970

I remember trackage in the middle of Bendix Drive south of Lincolnway West (old US-20) in the early 1980s. I can't seem to find when it was relocated to the east side. This page mentions 1975, but I remember it later (I was 4 in 1975). Whether it was used at the time, I don't know, but it definitely shifted from the east side of Bendix to the middle. There is a remnant of the street running visible on Google Maps' satellite - a disconnected stretch is visible cutting between Bendix and Westmoor Street immediately northwest of their intersection and immediately southeast of the current track (41.68487,-86.29356 ; if you use Acme Mapper, you can switch over to "Topo" and see the setup exactly as I remember it at Bendix/LWW). Mapsax (talk) 00:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Added View using Live Search Maps "Bird's Eye" view Mapsax (talk) 21:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] why the odd bend in South Bend

look at the map. instead of the track going straight to the airport, the track curves around and then comes into the airport from the east. Also, I have heard old timers say that the south shore used to go all the way to Notre Dame. Anyone have more info on either of these topics? If so, please post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.242 (talk) 12:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

This set of pages mentions Notre Dame. Mapsax (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2008 (UTC)