The street running is going to be eliminated once they double track the line by the end of the year.

@@kevinhoward9593 Oh no!!!! 😭 That sucks! Unfortunately I'm too far in the east coast so looks like I'll never be able to catch this street running in person sadly...

Jud Powell: The Interurban Tradition is fast fading. I do miss the old electrics built by PULLMAN - STANDARD and the electric freight locomotives. With diesel fuel now so expensive perhaps the South Shore Line will reconsider using electric freight locomotives or dual modes that can switch between overhead wires and diesel power in one locomotives.

​@@albertcarello619those 1920 era cars wound up at a number of museums - but they are problematic because the SouthShore runs at a much higher voltage (1500 volts) than streetcars (typically 600-800 volts) so they are static displays.

South Shore Line (NICTD) is the other commuter rail line that connects the Chicago-Tri State area metropolitan area together, with the main one being Metra. Quite similar to NYC with multiple commuter lines. The main difference is that NICTD connects parts of IL south suburbs but mainly connects the Indiana (and nearby Michigan) suburbs to Chicago across the state lines which gets complicated when it comes to regional commuter railroad funding - which is pretty much the only reason that NICTD isn't just another Metra line. Greetings from Chicago. This Line terminates at Chicago Millennium Station Terminal and at South Bend, IN, on the other side. Fun fact, Metra actually has one single station across a state line, in Kenosha, WI. The catch is that Kenosha has to directly (at least partly) fund their station as it is not within the bounds of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. It is for this reason that the UP-N Metra line does not further north travel to Racine, which is also often considered part of the Chicago Metropolitan area. I am Polish too by the way. Pozdrawiam.

Because this is a passenger service and it operates across a state boundary, it was required to install positive train control (PTC)

Yes

Yes the line still runs all of the way from South Bend to Chicago. On a warm, sunny day in October last year, I rode this train from South Bend to Chicago and all of the way back to South Bend.

Yes, however they moved the station from the Amtrak station out to the airport

If you watch until 42:00, you have the answer

I just saw the date (12/15/2016) at the end of the video. Thank you for filming this and putting it on KZfaq. I rode these trains a few times when we lived in Chicago in the 1960's.

The building with the CHIEF sign is a private residence. The owner is a retired South Shore Line conductor.

@@quijibosimpson1381 Cheers, thought it might be something like that!

Ind = Indiana

I lived in the area back during the first Gulf War, and believe it or not they were running military trains down the middle of the street. At Michigan City yards, there is a track that used to belong to the nickel plate which was being used to transport the equipment. There was also an interchange point with Conrail (now Amtrak) but that was removed by that time, so they had to route the freight trains through downtown Michigan City.

@@ArtStoneUS Dang, that was one of the coolest times to see the South Shore. I wish I got to see Military trains running in the middle of the street at least once. Also... The street running recently was ripped up. I managed to film last of the action before it was gone.

@@WindyCityExpeditionist it was before cell phones, so the only pictures I have are in my memory. I think they were taking HumVs that were made by American General in South Bend to Chicago About the same time, a spur that runs into an air base in Mount Clemens was brought back to life. It had only been used for the Michigan Transit museum to run excursion trains

@ArtStoneUS Man, I wish I could see those days happen again. Those were they good o'l days of the south shore when they were transitioning into Japanese EMU's.

@@ArtStoneUS The CSSB is linked with most East Coast Class Ones, so they gotta interchange and transfer to them. Bringing those HumV's to the East Coast to be shipped to the Middle East. They really are the last and coolest interurban to survive.

The South Shore was built in 1901, so when you moved into that house, you knew what to expect.

The selling points are 1) one of the roads you see is a toll road, and the other (US 12) goes through the worst parts of Gary and Hammond; you take your life in your hands driving to Chicago, and 2) fares to ride th SSL are lower than the cost to park in Chicago for a day. Yes, I'm a fan!

jmtpubs can’t forget about the tolls on the toll road either

And also the south shore hauls. I took it to the auto show for free and we were hitting 80 in the Indiana dunes and from Michigan city to south bend.

@@justinanderson181 this all takes me back... I grew up in Hobart and my Gramma taught school in Gary. I been in Houston now since 1976 but i remember riding the SSL many times as teenager when i wanted to go to Chi town and couldn't drive yet!

Cats01: The North Shore Line and the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin were far faster trains than these frequently running at 80 plus miles an hour making them the interurban speed champions. In fact the Chicago Aurora and Elgin trains would be right at the crossings before the gates were halfway down! The North Shore Trains took only 1 hour and 58 minutes to go from Chicago's Loop to Milwaukee WI! in spite of street running in Milwaukee WI!