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SOUTH SHORE TWO This sign on an old South Shore passenger car reads "the little train that could." It refers to a children's story about a little steam locomotive that was always saying "I think I can." |
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SOUTH SHORE TWO This sign on an old South Shore passenger car reads "the little train that could." It refers to a children's story about a little steam locomotive that was always saying "I think I can." |
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Because it dates from the golden age of passenger railroading in the early 1900s, the South Shore Line has old and large passenger stations. Most are closed and boarded up due to the high cost of maintaining them. But the train still stops. |
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This is a South Shore Line passenger
station in a more urban setting.
Most interurban lines were put out of business by competition from the private automobile, which took people exactly where they wanted to go exactly when they wanted to go. |
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Going away from the camera, a South Shore interurban rocks down the rails. The pantograph above the rear of the car picks up electric power from overhead wires. |