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Former C&O and FEC Geeps Unite
Title:  Former C&O and FEC Geeps Unite
Description:  CSS 1505, 615, 614, and 618
Photo Date:  4/29/1979  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 9:58:21 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7) CSS 615(GP7) CSS 614(GP7) CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  940   Comments: 0
CSS 618, 614, 615, and 1505
Title:  CSS 618, 614, 615, and 1505
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/1979  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 9:58:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7) CSS 614(GP7) CSS 615(GP7) CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
CSS 614
Title:  CSS 614
Description:  CSS 614
Photo Date:  7/4/1979  Upload Date: 11/14/2011 7:46:49 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 614
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 614
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 12/5/2008 6:56:00 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
CSS 614, 618- and 615 with NIPSCO Loads
Title:  CSS 614, 618- and 615 with NIPSCO Loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 11:43:08 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7) CSS 615(GP7) CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  938   Comments: 0
Former FEC Geeps Hauling NIPSCO Coal Eastward
Title:  Former FEC Geeps Hauling NIPSCO Coal Eastward
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 10/18/1980 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 615(GP7) CSS 614(GP7) CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  1727   Comments: 4
CSS 1507, 1505, 1506, and 614
Title:  CSS 1507, 1505, 1506, and 614
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1981  Upload Date: 3/15/2010 5:35:35 PM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1507(GP7) CSS 1505(GP7) CSS 1506(GP7) CSS 614(GP7)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
CSS 614
Title:  CSS 614
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/1981  Upload Date: 4/6/2015 10:37:14 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7) CSS 1507(GP7)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
CSS 614 & 1507
Title:  CSS 614 & 1507
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/1981  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 10:35:35 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7) CSS 1507(GP7)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
CSS 614
Title:  CSS 614
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/1981  Upload Date: 3/7/2012 4:43:12 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
CSS 614, 1507 & caboose 329
Title:  CSS 614, 1507 & caboose 329
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2011  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 11:33:46 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 614(GP7) CSS 1507(GP7)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 615
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 615
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 12/5/2008 6:56:23 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 615(GP7)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 615
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 615
Description:  CSS&SB GP7 615 at Michigan City, Indiana, October, 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Admittedly a bad photo, it was shot from a passing train. Number 615 was built in October 1952 as FEC GP7 615 (c/n 17352) on EMD Order 6416. The South Shore had eight GP7's from parent C&O in the late-1970's, and as the electric freight locomotives were gradually retired, there came a neeed for additional diesel power, so three GP7's were acquired from the FEC. The following is recalled by J. D. Santucci (Hot Times On The High Iron at railroad.net):

These three units (#'s 614, 615, 618) had been stored for quite some time before coming to the South Shore. They were in poor mechanical shape. Unlike the former C&O Geeps, these units were never repainted or renumbered. They carried their FEC 600 series numbers up to the end of their days on the South Shore. With the addition of the former FEC units, all remaining electric locomotives except the Little Joe’s were retired. The Engineers at the Shore often spoke of their disdain for these Geeps. They complained of their poor mechanical and electrical condition and frequent problems encountered with their operation. They told of the former FEC units being infested with mice while stored in Florida. The mice apparently made the trip to Indiana. Wiring was badly damaged by these pesky critters.

Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/8/2011 1:37:53 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 615(GP7)
Views:  904   Comments: 1
CSS&SB GP7 618
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 618
Description:  CSS&SB GP7 618 at Michigan City, Indiana on an unknown day in October 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 2:05:07 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  554   Comments: 0
CSS 618, 1502, and 1503
Title:  CSS 618, 1502, and 1503
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/23/1978  Upload Date: 6/23/2010 9:59:33 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7) CSS 1502(GP7) CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  926   Comments: 0
CSS 618
Title:  CSS 618
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/23/1978  Upload Date: 6/23/2010 9:55:30 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 618
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 618
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 12/5/2008 6:56:44 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
CSS 618
Title:  CSS 618
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 11:07:08 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 618(GP7)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
CSS 1501
Title:  CSS 1501
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2010 11:20:10 AM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1501(GP7)
Views:  904   Comments: 1
CSS GP7s with DM&IR Ore
Title:  CSS GP7s with DM&IR Ore
Description:  CSS 1501, 1502, 1503, and 1506
Photo Date:  1/12/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2010 11:40:55 AM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1506(GP7) CSS 1501(GP7) CSS 1503(GP7) CSS 1502(GP7)
Views:  1117   Comments: 0
CSS 1502
Title:  CSS 1502
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2010 11:19:17 AM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1502(GP7)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1502
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1502
Description:  Actual day unknown
Photo Date:  5/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:39:12 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1502(GP7)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
CSS 1503
Title:  CSS 1503
Description:  CSS 1503
Photo Date:  8/17/1976  Upload Date: 10/25/2011 11:27:12 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
CSS 1503CS
Title:  CSS 1503CS
Description:  S 1503
Photo Date:  8/17/1976  Upload Date: 10/25/2011 11:28:12 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP-7
Title:  CSS&SB GP-7
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1977  Upload Date: 2/24/2007 9:03:23 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Greg Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  934   Comments: 1
CSS&SB Geeps on the B&O
Title:  CSS&SB Geeps on the B&O
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 1/19/2010 9:27:20 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
CSS 1503
Title:  CSS 1503
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1979  Upload Date: 3/27/2010 11:19:42 AM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1503(GP7)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  CSS 1504
Photo Date:  2/10/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:51:13 PM
Location:  South Bend, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  CSS 1504
Photo Date:  2/10/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:51:49 PM
Location:  South Bend, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  Tremont?
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:52:11 PM
Location:  Tremont, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
CSS 1504 and 1505 to the B&OCT
Title:  CSS 1504 and 1505 to the B&OCT
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/1978  Upload Date: 1/19/2010 9:25:42 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7) CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  702   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1504
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1504
Description:  Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad GP7 1504 at Michigan City, Indiana on an unknown day in October 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1504 was built in November 1951 as C&O GP7 5764 (c/n 15270) on EMD Order 5085. In late 1966 the Interstate Commerce Commission granted approval for the Chesapeake & Ohio to purchase the South Shore. This transaction was completed in 1967, and several GP7's were transferred to that property. Bethlehem Steel would not allow electric locomotives into their facility so diesels were required. Several more Geeps came from C&O to replace aging electric locomotives. These Geeps wore the solid blue with yellow trim of C&O and were numbered 1501 to 1508, a reflection of their horsepower rating. They carried the South Shore logo on their car bodies, no reference to parent C&O other than the colors. Number 5764 became 1504 on the South Shore, returning to the C&O in 1977 and renumbered back to 5764, sold for scrap in 1986. In 1984 the Venango River Corporation purchased the South Shore from Chessie System.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/7/2011 2:20:31 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  1696   Comments: 3
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  CSS 1504
Photo Date:  4/15/1979  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:52:34 PM
Location:  Beverly Shores, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1504
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1504
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:40:17 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  CSS 1504, exact date unknown
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:49:34 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
CSS 1504
Title:  CSS 1504
Description:  CSS 1504, exact date unknown
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:49:53 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1504(GP7)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
CSS 1505
Title:  CSS 1505
Description:  CSS 1505
Photo Date:  3/3/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:53:01 PM
Location:  South Bend, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
CSS 1505
Title:  CSS 1505
Description:  CSS 1505
Photo Date:  2/20/1979  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:54:20 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
CSS 1505
Title:  CSS 1505
Description:  CSS 1505
Photo Date:  7/20/1979  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:53:29 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1505
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1505
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:41:11 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
CSS 1505
Title:  CSS 1505
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1981  Upload Date: 3/15/2010 5:34:46 PM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  632   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1505
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1505
Description:  Actual day unknown
Photo Date:  5/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:42:22 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1505(GP7)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
CSS 1506
Title:  CSS 1506
Description:  CSS 1506
Photo Date:  12/31/1977  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 4:55:41 PM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1506(GP7)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1506
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1506
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1980  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:44:30 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1506(GP7)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
CSS 1506
Title:  CSS 1506
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1981  Upload Date: 3/15/2010 5:34:22 PM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1506(GP7)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
CSS&SB GP7 1506
Title:  CSS&SB GP7 1506
Description:  Actual day unknown
Photo Date:  5/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 10:45:46 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 1506(GP7)
Views:  404   Comments: 0


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