I don't think I've ever posted these here before. I spent a few weekends in 2006 and 2007 chasing the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's "South Shore" commuter trains. Here's what I saw in South Bend:



The South Bend terminal has been in the South Bend Regional Airport since the early 1990s. It replaced another terminal on Bendix Avenue shared with Amtrak that itself replaced the original downtown terminal.




Westbound trains actually depart South Bend eastbound as this train demonstrates in September 2007.




At the east end of the airport the South Shore trains make a swing to the south and run along Bendix Avenue for a few blocks.




Here's a timetable westbound running south along Bendix Avenue in June of 2006 crossing the old alignment of U.S. 20.




Rolling along Bendix Avenue a South Shore train passes through the commercial development on South Bend's west side.




An eastbound train makes a turn north onto Bendix Avenue by the remnants of the old Bendix factory. This scene is indicative of South Bend's fortunes in the last thirty years.




The same train swings across Bendix Avenue to run up its eastern curb.

This ends my short tour of the the South Shore in South Bend. Further installments will cover the line as it travels west to Chicago.

Nice pictures..Never been to South Bend to see such action..That would be interesting.

While station at Ft.Dix(NJ) I did see GG1s in action in/around Philly..