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Chicago Switching => General Discussion => Topic started by: TBurke on May 02, 2017, 02:45:26 PM

Title: New Trains Magazine Feature Article on South Shore Freight Operations
Post by: TBurke on May 02, 2017, 02:45:26 PM

Since the South Shore Line switches industries in NW Indiana and in Chicago's Hegwish neighborhood on the South Side I thought readers here would want to know that the latest issue of Trains magazine features an in-depth article on the freight operations of the South Shore.  It goes into a lot more detail than the Locomotive special on the motive power of the South Shore freight. 

http://trn.trains.com/issues/2017/june-2017

Lots of photos and excellent maps. 

Here is a list of the South Shore's Chicago customers.  It looks like some interesting switching movements to reach Maloney Lumber and Plywood at 12800 S Butler Drive in Chicago and its waterfront wharves, including circling under 130th street.

Title: Re: New Trains Magazine Feature Article on South Shore Freight Operations
Post by: Jsu on May 05, 2017, 10:09:59 PM

Awesome, I just got myself a subscription to trains, eagerly awaiting this one.

Title: Re: New Trains Magazine Feature Article on South Shore Freight Operations
Post by: Reinhard on May 06, 2017, 07:30:05 AM

I am not a subscriber of Trains but got that one issue online after I read the posting here. It is well worth reading.