Michigan City, IN. Power Generating Station

[spikejones52002]

Visit to Michigan City, In. Power Generating Station.

It's coal is supplied by The C.S.S. & S.B. RR. Exclusively.

Shot of Rail Car From main Entrance Parking Lot.

Rail Car extract 4 car from dumper

Rotary Coal Dump

Next is a series of Shots as it rotates and dumps the coal.

 

 Dump and Radio Control Engine Control Room

 Top of Car Clamps

 Radio Control pusher Engine. Pushes about 40 cars into dump.

 

Nipsco's SW

 Retired Generator

Michigan City from roof of Generating Station about 13 stories up. First ten floors were in elevator. Then a very hot climb up stairs.

 

Cooling Tower from Roof

 

Main Generator Control Roof

 

Control Room read outs

[ndbprr]

When I went by on Saturday there were two UP engines (one ex SP) at the west end of the power plant.

[spikejones52002]

Yes the C.S.S. & S.B. RR just negotiated with the U.P. to use the U.P's motive power on the C.S.S. & S.B.'s trackage to deliver the coal.

[amtrakjackson]

Thanks for posting those! Been by there thousands of times and always wanted an inside look.