there is a chicago, south shore & south bend rr work car being readied for a move to an Illinois museum from michigan city,in. It is sitting at 10th street and sheridan av in michigan city. That is 1 block south of us 12 on michigan city's west side, near the state prison. i don't know when they are moving it or the route.
The car is CSS&SB line car 1100; it's at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union. Plans are to restore it as a working line car.
The car actually has an interesting history. It was one of three RPO cars operated by the Indiana Railroad (the interurban, not the current short line with the same name), and was originally built for the Indiana Service Corporation (an IRR predecessor). Following IRR's demise, I believe that South Shore acquired all three of the RPOs. One was turned into the line car. The other two were used as express trailers towed behind passenger trains
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