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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr CSS&SB operates nine GP-38's numbered 2000-2008. At one time they were pooling them allowing them off railroad but that appears to have ended some time ago. They still use ex ASTF cabooses on some runs but the logic has escaped me. The commuter cars are Kawasakis and date back to about 1980. They are owned and operated by NICTD - Northen Indiana Commuter Transit District.. NICTD is currently exploring or has approval to put catenary on the old Monon mainline to Valporaiso Indiana which is a very hot bedroom location for Chicago. The few times I have talked with CSS&SB personnel they were very happy to be out of the business of hauliong passengers even though they maintain and operate the cars. Through the years several stations have been rebuilt or replaced. It is amazing what can be done when profit isn't a concern. [/quote] There have been plans for a long time to run South Shore trains to Lowell and Cedar Lake on the Monon. Track is still in place through Hammond in the off chance that one of the many studies bears fruit and the project goes ahead. Valparaiso is another story. There has been recent funding to study operating passenger service to that location over the CN (former Grand Trunk.) Trains would run from State Line on the old Monon to Maynard Junction then east on the CN. Mitch
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