The diagram below represents a portion of the South Shore Line.
You can select the section of the diagram you are interested in.
Clicking on a photograph will give you a photo page about that location on the line.
- 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.
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.
Due to a flaw in some browsers the extra wide GIF may not show below - JPG
conversion of the GIFs makes the diagram less detailed, so GIFs are prefered for this line art.
For smaller graphics see the Station Photo Gallery.