Conrail trains swap power at La Porte, Indiana, alongside the railroad’s busy Chicago to Elkhart main line on September 11, 1988. New Conrail B40-8 No. 5085 is only four month old, built by Gene... (more)

A South Shore Freight is crossing over the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line at Wire, as it heads south on the former Nickel Plate Road Michigan City branch line. Jeff Stupar photo.

Kicking up a goodly amount of accumulating lake-effect snow is Conrail EMD GP40 No. 3009 leading an eastbound CR freight out of La Porte, Indiana, on a wintery February 25, 1990.

NS 8164 sits covered in snow on a side track.

NS 7651 leads a manifest west past some nice fall colors in La Porte.

South Shore's Kingsbury job flies down jointed rail with a new engine for JBC in tow.

BNSF 9002 Eastbound on the NS Chicago sub in La Porte Indiana

The Loram Railgrinder is being serviced on a cold January night in the small MofW yard in La Porte, Indiana.

A westbound Conrail freight powered by a pair of GP40-2s sprints past Judd Tower at La Porte, Indiana, on a cold February 25, 1990. The Pere Marquette Railway (Chesapeake & Ohio) crossed New York ... (more)

CSS 2006 is seen working on the former NKP line, with a view of the PTC equipment mounted on the cab roof. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

South Shore Line freight motors 2005 & 2007 lead their train north to Michigan City on an old Nickel Plate Road branch line. The train is crossing the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line near milepost 4... (more)

CSS 2000 passes a pond south of La Porte, Indiana with 50 tank cars heading for storage in Kingsbury, Indiana. Nice to see some countryside running without wires!

CSS 2003 and 2001, cross the NS Chicago Line in essentially downtown La Porte, IN on their way back from Kingsbury, IN

CSS 2003 and 2001, both GP38-2s, head north from Kingsbury IN back to Michigan City on the old NKP I-MC line.

The eastbound steel local rolls thru the control point at 464 on the NS Chicago Line near La Porte. Nice looking SD40 does the honors.