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Chicago's South Shore Line is a photographic essay of the last
interurban electric railroad operating in the United States.
Completed as the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway
(CLS&SBR) connecting South Bend, Indiana, with Pullman,
Illinois, in 1909, the line went into receivership in 1925. It
reorganized as the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad
(CSS&SBR) which rebuilt the railroad and provided direct
passenger service from South Bend to downtown Chicago. The Great
Depression forced the railroad into bankruptcy in 1933 but
reorganized in 1938 and handled record ridership during World War
II. After the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad acquired the railroad
in 1970, the electric freight service was dieselized. Soaring
passenger deficits resulted in the formation of the Northern
Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICDT). Beginning in
1984, the Venango River Corporation operated the line until it went
bankrupt in 1988. The Anacostia & Pacific Company began
operating the freight service in 1990, and NICDT handles passenger
service. Chicago's South Shore Line documents the history of this
railway that has survived obstacles to maintain passenger service
over its original route.
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