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Accidents See Accidents for a descriptive rundown. Movements and Capacities See Movements for car movement information. Rolling Stock Roster See Roster for rosters of new and old cars. Photos See Car Photos for photos and diagrams. See Dave's Rail Pix for historic South Shore pictures.
Other South Shore related news: On September 15th, 1998, Indiana officials were expected to approve a $3 million appropriation of Indiana tax dollars to match a $16 million Federal grant in order to purchase up to 10 new cars for the South Shore. (Press Release) NICTD has annouced that 8 new cars will be added to the fleet in June 2000. An interesting note about the new cars, they will have AC traction engine as opposed to the DC engines currently in use. The entire line is 1500v DC overhead electric power, with power supplied by 10 substations. |