In the 'Didn't happen a lot, but it did happen" file, on occasion a South Shore passenger train would have one or two Pullman sleeping cars at the rear. When a high visibility football team from the west coast would play in South Bend, it was not unusual for some fans to travel from the coast to Chicago via ATSF or SP-CRIP or UP-CNW and have their car interchanged with the C,SS&SB for movement to South Bend. The car was spotted on a siding, water and electricity was connected and the car was their accommodations until a day or so after the game. The car(s) was then reverse routed to its west coast terminal. John in Lansing, ILL
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