Moving America's Freight

A Norfolk Southern Freight train is traveling eastbound out of Waterloo, Indiana along US Highway 6.

Not so Golden anymore...

In Merrillville, Indiana just south of US Highway 30 the Golden Shrimp restaurant sits abandoned and forgotten. Apparently there was not enough people staying at the many nearby motels wanting to eat here to keep this place alive. Ironically it was the second seafood place that I encountered on this day that was closed, the other being in Joliet, Illinois also on US Highway 30. The architecture of the building gives away that this restaurant was once a Dairy Queen.

Flying by the little guy

A Norfolk Southern freight train passes by a small switch engine outside of Plainfield, Indiana on a beautiful fall day.

The Last Interurban

The South Shore is the last true Interurban train in the United States and runs from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. The train is shown here crossing the tracks of Amtrak's Michigan service before heading down the middle of 11st Street.

Abandoned

Abandoned railroad tracks in Dyer, Indiana.

Blasting through town

A freight train passes through Elkhart, Indiana.

There is a train going down the road!

South Shore train between Chicago and South Bend, In travels down the middle of 11th Street in Michigan City, IN.