Michigan City, IN. Power Generating Station

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Visit to Michigan City, In. Power Generating Station.

It’s coal is supplied by The C.S.S. & S.B. RR. Exclusively.

Shot of Rail Car From main Entrance Parking Lot.

Rail Car extract 4 car from dumper

Rotary Coal Dump

Next is a series of Shots as it rotates and dumps the coal.

Dump and Radio Control Engine Control Room

Top of Car Clamps

Radio Control pusher Engine. Pushes about 40 cars into dump.

Nipsco’s SW

Retired Ge

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When I went by on Saturday there were two UP engines (one ex SP) at the west end of the power plant.

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Yes the C.S.S. & S.B. RR just negotiated with the U.P. to use the U.P’s motive power on the C.S.S. & S.B.'s trackage to deliver the coal.

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Thanks for posting those! Been by there thousands of times and always wanted an inside look.