The Miller Curve
CSS #2000 rounds the curve west of Miller station with PF-10 bound for Curtis Yard. The right-of-way in the foreground roughly parallels what was originally the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern's Chicago-Buffalo mainline, laid in 1851. The LS&MS crossed the Baltimore and Ohio at-grade at the intersection of Miller and Lake.
In 1906, during the formation of Gary and the construction of the US Steel works, the LS&MS mainline was relocated to the north, and a segment of the original right-of-way from downtown Gary to Miller became a part of the newly-formed interurban railroad Chicago, Lakeshore, and South Bend, which would later become Insull's CSS&SB. The interurban right-of-way would become grade-separated during the interurban era when a flyover was built over the B&O just slightly east of the junction.
And that's how you get the rollercoaster of a mainline here at Miller Beach.
The Miller Curve
CSS #2000 rounds the curve west of Miller station with PF-10 bound for Curtis Yard. The right-of-way in the foreground roughly parallels what was originally the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern's Chicago-Buffalo mainline, laid in 1851. The LS&MS crossed the Baltimore and Ohio at-grade at the intersection of Miller and Lake.
In 1906, during the formation of Gary and the construction of the US Steel works, the LS&MS mainline was relocated to the north, and a segment of the original right-of-way from downtown Gary to Miller became a part of the newly-formed interurban railroad Chicago, Lakeshore, and South Bend, which would later become Insull's CSS&SB. The interurban right-of-way would become grade-separated during the interurban era when a flyover was built over the B&O just slightly east of the junction.
And that's how you get the rollercoaster of a mainline here at Miller Beach.