The project is part of the larger effort to double-track the single-track sections of the line between Gary and Michigan City, which is expected to shave 30 minutes off travel time and allow the railroad to run more frequent service. The stop will get wheelchair-and-bike-friendly high-level platforms and a new station house. On May 1, the station was closed to allow the North Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which runs the South Shore, to ramp up work on turning that section into something that looks more like a commuter railroad, with two tracks on separate rights of way. The line used to have several street-running sections, but Michigan City section outlasted all the others. The setup dates back to the line’s origin as an interurban train, something of a tram-commuter train hybrid that treveled on the streets in some areas and on a separate right of way in others. For over 100 years, South Shore Line passenger trains traveled, streetcar-like, in the middle of the street through the city center, dropping off passengers in the middle of the road at the 11th Street station. With additional scenes from the collections of Library of Congress, N.Y.Friday, April 30, marked the end of an era for the city of Michigan City, Indiana. ”Ġ8:52:10:09 Train heading toward camera on elevated line, crossing bridge, with NY Giants stadium in the background. Painted on station “Ride on the Open Air Elevated. Camels cigarettes add below.Ġ8:47:46:16 Low angle shot of 145th St. Donkersley.Ġ8:25:16:22 Early twentieth century New York City newspaper boy on street selling newspapers while Broadway horsecar or trolley passes in background.Ġ8:54:50:21 Train passing on elevated railway line.
Great image of mid-nineteenth century futuristic public mass-transportation design. Scott 1855 proposal for NYC rapid transit. Stills from photographs of late nineteenth century NYC.Ġ8:16:52:15 VS old stock footage of New York City horse car around turn of century.Ġ8:18:08:29 James H. 08:09:28:16 9th Avenue elevated line in New York City?Ġ8:11:24:21 Pan of up Empire State Building.Ġ8:12:12:00 Low angle of elevated railway, train enters frame and comes to halt.Ġ8:12:52:07 Shaky perspective shot from train on elevated railway passing other trains.Ġ8:13:20:00 Two trains, one after the other, passing camera on curved portion of elevated railway.Ġ8:15:06:01 VS great stock footage of busy New York City intersection around the turn of the century with horse-drawn carriage, electric trolleys hundreds of people on sidewalks.Ġ8:16:06:29 Great illustration New York City sprawling development toward 59th street around 1865.
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