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On February 28, 2022, we're at the west end of 10th Street in Michigan City for Train #106, which was the last revenue passenger move through the street running in Michigan City. After this train reached Dune Park, the Line & Signal department would shut off the power to the catenary and signals between CP 33.0 and CP 43.0, and contractor Walsh-Herzog (a joint venture) would begin the railroad's massive Double Track Northwest Indiana Project.
Slated for completion by early 2024, the DTNWI project will double-track the line from the current end-of-Double Track at CP 58.1 in Gary, to the new CP 33.4 (Maple Street) in Michigan City. As a part of the project, the legendary streetrunning in Michigan City will be eliminated. Both new mains will be located on a new right-of-way on the South Side of 10th Street, and on 11th Street, the westbound lane will permanently close to create a new separate right-of-way there.
Subscribe to the Thornapple River Rail Series to follow along with progress on the DTNWI project, and we'll be sure to have a feature-length documentary on the subject once the project wraps up in a few years.