by riffian
Notice the fence and automatic gates surrounding the structure today. These are fairly new additions (10 years or so) due to a declining neighborhood. Sure am glad Mr. Norman called attention to this structure.
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bratkinson wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:32 pm I had forgotten about the South Shore station at South Bend.Can we verify this? Wiki says Amtrak moved in 1971 to Bendix station, and I seem to agree with that. I'm not aware that Amtrak ever stopped at Union Station.
BUT....
When that was built, Penn Central did NOT stop there! They stopped at the downtown South Bend station. Amtrak stopped downtown too, for quite some time.
So, my thinking the new Union Station in Milwaukee, which opened in 1968 as I recall, would be the last one built before Amtrak and Amtrak has
called there since day one.
ExCon90 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:59 pm Did GTW service through SBUS last right up until Amtrak, or did it cease earlier? I can't find it right quick.Interesting question. The GAS website refers to SBUS as being abandoned in 1970, but not sure I believe that. I have 1971 GTW TT at home, but that’s not much use at the moment.
Station Aficionado wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:59 pm The 2/1/71 GTW TT still lists the ticket agent as located at SBUS. This combined with the facts that 1) GTW couldn’t have served Bendix (west of the PC/GTW split) and 2) no evidence of GTW serving another station in that era, I’m confident in saying that GTW served SBUS to the end.Thanks for the research, as a native South Bend guy it's always interesting. I figured PC was down to 1/day by then but not surprised the GTW was still at 3. I'm curious how many trains Niles saw to Detroit, which is basically the same metro area on a different line.
The 3/71 OG says that PC still had its ticket agent at Union Station. Thus, it appears that the station retained both tenants to the end.
And, per the TT, GTW still ran 3x/day service until A-Day. PC also ran 3x/day on the exNYC.
Tadman wrote:I'm curious how many trains Niles saw to Detroit, which is basically the same metro area on a different line.Immediately prior to Amtrak, Penn Central operated three trains each way between Chicago and Detroit, all stopping at Niles. Amtrak kept two of them after 5/1/71.