Dropped my son off at the South Shore Electrified Line running into Chicago from Michigan City IN. Forgot about the maze of track in this area. No running trains at this time and his train was late arriving, so plenty of time for a few photos. This location is home to the South Shore's Freight operations. Where can I find a model of this caboose?
I had not realized the switch operations involve pushing the point in place with the head end of the rail fixed in place - no joint to allow movement, so they are bending the rail in place. Cannot imagine the rail is that flexible.
The area is really space constricted, I am standing on the passenger walkway. Better keep you head on a swivel in this place.
Of course the real bonus is he picked this switcher to add to the collection several years back. All in all a good day rail-fanning as it turned out.
