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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 6

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Jul 6 09:39:05 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 6, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Jul 6 08:37:20 2025.

1970 - from the Book of Last Runs

Street running through South Bend by South Shore trains came to an end today. The last Chicago-bound train for the night left the soon-to-be-closed station at Michigan and LaSalle Sts. in downtown South Bend around 11:30 PM. The following morning, a new station opened at 2702 W. Washington St. on the western outskirts of South Bend. Rails were pulled up a few weeks later. Amtrak became a co-tenant less than a year later, opting not to have their trains stop at Union Station, which was shuttered. It still uses that station today.

Street running through South Bend consisted of two miles of twists and turns. Leaving the station downtown, trains continued straight west down the middle of LaSalle St. to LaPorte Ave., wheer the line curved southwest to get around City Cemetary, to Colfax Ave. After three blocks, the line curved northwest to Orange St, which was unpaved, and contnued west down the middle to Bendix Drive, aligning with the tracks of the New York Cwntral Railroad and running adjacent to them. Trains were limited to 20 mph.

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