Was a double track line with single direction ABS between Kensington and Gary. Until installation of CTC in 2007 between Kensington and Michigan City, and in 2011 between Michigan City and South Bend.
CALUMET RIVER DRAWBRIDGE
Electric interlocking installed 1909
Bridge became permanently fixed around 1952.
BURNHAM
Tower listed with Pennsylvania Railroad
STATE LINE
Tower listed with Chicago & Western Indiana
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HAMMOND
Tower listed with Baltimore & Ohio
CANAL
Non interlocked crossing
Crossing with Indiana Harbor Belt Canal Line. Crossing eliminated September 15, 1956, with South Shore Line's construction of the East Chicago Bypass, paralleling the Indiana Toll Road.
CALUMET
Non interlocked crossing
Crossing with Indiana Harbor Belt Indiana Harbor line and Elgin Joliet & Eastern Whiting line. Crossing eliminated September 15, 1956, with South Shore Line's construction of the East Chicago Bypass, paralleling the Indiana Toll Road.
SHEARSON
Mechanical interlocking installed around 1910
Closed late 1970
Crossing with Elgin Joliet & Eastern Whiting line. Main line crossing eliminated September 15, 1956, with construction of the East Chicago Bypass, paralleling the Indiana Toll Road. Tower remained open for interchange trackage.
EJ&E BRIDGE
Automatic interlocking installed 1929
Eliminated 1955
Gauntlet bridge over Elgin Joliet & Eastern main line, double tracked in 1955.
PRR/WABASH BRIDGE
Automatic interlocking installed 1929
Eliminated 1997
Gauntlet bridge over Pennsylvania Railroad main line and Wabash Railroad Montpelier Division line, double tracked in 1997 after a fatal accident in 1993.
TENTH STREET (Michigan City)
Tower listed with New York Central
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MICHIGAN CITY SHOPS
Non interlocked crossing
Crossing with Chicago South Shore & South Bend freight line (former Nickel Plate). CTC installed in 2011.