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Saturday in Michigan City - Construction of the parking structure and new station building. The ground has been leveled and marked for the construction of the foundation.

I have seen both a R/R/Y and a R/Y/Y displayed at EE Brighton, I could've sworn the same at Howell however I am usually not on that side of the signal. I was going to suggest it depends on the occupancy but I don't see a correlation, L305 gets a R/R/Y into the siding at EE Brighton when they run ar...

Making this situation even more baffling is that while Lakeside Road crosses both CSX and Amtrak lines, the two crossings are three miles apart -- the CSX crossing is adjacent to Lakeside's intersection with Red Arrow Highway, while the Amtrak crossing is much closer to US-12. Three miles is close ...

11th St in Michigan City on a Saturday Afternoon

Meeting a train on 11th St on a Saturday Night

One doesn't need a passport to enter Canada. For Michigan residents, the EDL is still a legal document allowing travel to and from Canada. A Nexus card can also be used, as can other documents, including but not limited to a passport. Not everyone who could use such a service would be a Michigan re...

The "exempt" signs remove the requirement for buses and hazmat to stop at the crossing. One might as well read the signs as "bump" unless a train appears. (in this case, miraculously appears since it is disconnected rail.)

Everything passing Waterloo should also go past Elkhart. Butler would have a few additional trains headed down to Fort Wayne, but there isn't a destination between Elkhart and Waterloo that would decrease the train count. As you mention, Elkhart gets a fair number of additional trains from the Mario...

And finally in Miller ... 20231028-Miller1.jpg The platforms are nearing completion with signs and electronics. 20231028-Miller4.jpg Work continues on Track 1 headed east up the hill over the CSX tracks (and Old Hobart Rd). This switch provides access to a two track storage yard (Track 2 is visible ...

20231028-11thSt-Train603-2.jpg Train 603 climbs the hill east of Lafayette St headed back to Shops. 20231028-DunePark-3.jpg Trains staged west of Dune Park. There is room for eight cars between the signals at Dune Park (CP 43.5) and the signals at Waverly Rd (CP 43.9). The cars were set up as two f...

Revenue passenger trains in Michigan City ... it has been a long 20 months. 20231028-11thSt-Train503.jpg Passengers headed to the ND game run to catch Saturday's train 503 to South Bend. They were waiting on the other platform before they realized the train was on Track 1. 20231028-11thSt-Train506-1...

Is there a reason they didn’t just have the gauntlet be the passenger loading track in this case, Aka the straight rail is the freight track away from the platform and the diverging move is the alignment up to the platform? Since all trains taking passengers stop at Ogden Dunes, this would have sav...

Elkhart's cameras may also help with the rock train, since they pass the cameras twice on the way through.

Sorry, I have not kept track of the days or the frequency.

One of my favorite photos at Ogden Dunes because it shows the track shift. 20230923-OgdenDunes1.jpg The foreground track is the old alignment across Hillcrest Rd. the gauntlet switch and platform track are on the new alignment. Note that the gauntlet track (away from the platform) is basically in li...

Beverly Shores is great, only problem now is that the blue light is behind the pole line as viewed from approaching trains, and the call button is in the middle of the platform so the noobs will struggle to find it. Hmmm ... no sign to warn "fraudulent activation may result in prosecution" (and no ...

This weekend in Miller at the CSX bridge ... 20231015-Miller-CSX1.jpg The ground has been cleared around the bridges so you can actually see the new bridge in the center with the older South Shore bridge to the left and the US 12 bridge to the east. 20231015-Miller-CSX2.jpg A closer look at the two ...

This weekend in Ogden Dunes --- 20231015-OgdenDunes1.jpg Raising the roof on the platform as the gaunlet track is being installed. 20231015-OgdenDunes2.jpg Road work on US 12 to add turn lanes for Ogden Dunes. The road has been cut for a median. 20231015-OgdenDunes3.jpg The platform as seen from US ...

Discussed recently on the Michigan board: http://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39428 When I used to drive to Elkhart and surrounding areas for delivery work on the regular, the E&W from Elkhart ran right by one of my stops. They were ALWAYS running Tuesday and Thursday. Not once did they...

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Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:21 pm

The 2023 Holiday Train schedule was released. Windsor, Ontario is Friday November 24th.

I may have to adjust my Thanksgiving weekend schedule. I missed 2022 due to work.

I assume any ADA riders in Michigan City will start using the 11th St station instead of Shops. I agree that high level platforms benefit all passengers. They provide equal access for those with limited mobility and they reduce ADA related delays for non-mobility limited passengers. I remember the d...

https://mysouthshoreline.com/south-shore-line-schedule-revision-service-announcement-oct-25-2023/ In order to accommodate the South Shore Line’s successful completion of the first phase of the Double Track NWI project in Michigan City, a train schedule revision will be implemented effective Wednesda...