A SW1500 wearing the new Cleveland Cliffs scheme leads a bottle train into Lakefront Yard.

A Gary Railway switch job works a industry near the Gary Works.

CSS 2010 sits next to a KCS Belle in Michigan City. The 2010 still wears LIRC paint.

NS 1133 leads a coke train West through East Chicago as the steel mill building slowly is demolished in the background.

CSS GP38-2 2010, still in LIRC paint, sits in the yard in Michigan City.

EJ&E SD38-2 667 leads CN L514 West through Griffith.

NS GP60 7145 leads a local West through Ogden Dunes.

CSS GP38-2 2007 leads AF7 West down 10th Street in Michigan City. The street running trackage on 11th Street has already been removed, and 10th Street will soon follow.

NS GP60 7144 enters the Kankakee Line at Osborn with B12, bound for Kankakee. The IHB Gibson Roundhouse stands in the background.

EJ&E SD38-2 663 leads CN L516 East around the s-curve at the Gary/Chicago Airport.

NS SD40-2 3517 leads B09 West into Michigan Avenue. The building of the former ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor behind the train here is in the process of being demolished.

IC SD70 1018 leads CN L515 West through Griffith.

CSS 2006 trails a power move at 11th and Franklin in Michigan City. Trains were required to obey the traffic lights here. The traffic lights, as well as 11th Street itself have since been removed.

CSS 805 rests near the shop in Michigan City.

On the second to last day of South Shore passenger service on the streets of Michigan City, a Eastbound train heads up the hill on the East side of town. Two months later, this area is almost unre... (more)