Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (NICTD)

South Shore Stations
The pages in this section feature the stations of the South Shore Railroad and other features along the road. Each of the three segment pages contains links to individial station pages for most of the stations on the route.

Track Diagram Key

    In the track diagrams the following colors are used:
  • Electrified Tracks - Overhead electric wires present
  • Signal Locations - Signals are on the right side in the direction of travel
  • Mile Markers - Miles are counted East to West from South Bend
  • Electrical Substations - Provide power to their section of the line
  • Stations and Stops - Passengers board here

    Radio Frequencies

  • CH1 - 161.355 (AAR 83) Simplex; Birchim to Wagner (Mile 19-53, Porter and LaPorte Counties)
  • CH2 - 161.355 (AAR 83) Repeater / 161.010 (AAR 60) Input;
    South Bend to Birchim (Mile 1-19), Wagner to Kensington (Mile 53-76)
  • CH3 - 161.025 (AAR 61) Simplex; Illinois Central (Metra - Kensington to Chicago)
  • CH4 - 161.100 (AAR 66) Simplex; Maintenance

    All trains east of Kensington listen to 161.355 for train orders.
    Verified by The Compendium of American Railroad Radio Frequencies, 14th Edition, (C)1996
    an excellent book for all who wish to listen to rail frequencies.


Select a track segment:
Randolph St. to Kensington (Metra) - Kensington to Michigan City - Michigan City to South Bend

Some of the information in the track diagrams is based of diagrams by Bill Vandervoort available on South Shore Rail Tips Page of the Chicago Transit/Metra Railfan Page, however corrections, yard info and photographs have been added to the diagram, the diagram has been flipped to run West to East, and the focus of the coloring has been changed to elecrification rather than signalling. The photographs on this page and connected pages were taken by James Bellaire. Most were taken September 16th and September 27th, 1998.


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