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North Shore  South Shore  by  Russ Porter

Copyright 1999. First Printing. Published by Heimburger House Publishing Company

The NorthShore originated in 1894 as a single-track Waukegan Street Car Line, eventually running from downtown Chicago toMilwaukee with 30 trains per day each way. The trains made the trip in 2 hours 40 minutes. The North Shore was abandoned in 1963.

Began in 1908 as the Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend Railways, the line was built to high engineering standard and later rebuilt by Samuel Insull. Regular servce began between Hammond and South Bend in 1908 with 10 trains per day in each direction.

This book covers these two lines with over 200 colored photos.

Hardcover books with dust jacket. Book is very good condition. Dust jacket is good condition with a slight tear in lower left corner. Image shown is a photo of the actual book.  This book contains no markings or names. Illustrated throughout with colored photos. 140 pages.

One copy only.

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