Table of Contents
| Foreword | 4 |
| Acknowledgments | 5 |
| Section 1: South Bend and Mishawaka Rail Lines | 6 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| South Bend Railway Company | 7 |
| South Bend & Mishawaka Street Railway | 8 |
| An Electric Miracle! | 9 |
| 1886-1894 | 15 |
| 1895-1898 | 18 |
| South Bend Street Railway Company - 1898 | 21 |
| Indiana Railway Company - 1899 | 24 |
| Northern Indiana Railway Company - 1905 | 29 |
| Chicago South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company | 31 |
| South Bend Lines and System | 31 |
| 1908-1910 Major Decisions on Electric Power, Consolidation and New Shops | 34 |
| 1913-1917 Storms - Jitney Buses - Track Extension - New Streetcars | 38 |
| 1917 Strike | 42 |
| 1919 Columbia Street Carbarn Fire | 46 |
| 1923 Columbia Street Carbarn Fire | 48 |
| 1923 - The Motor Bus Appears | 50 |
| More Buses & Receivership | 54 |
| South Bend End of Interurban Service, June 1, 1934 | 61 |
| Section 2 Elkhart County Street Railway History | 91 |
| Elkhart | 91 |
| Citizens' Street Railway Company | 92 |
| Goshen | 97 |
| New Owners | 99 |
| South Bend and Elkhart Electric Railway Company | 102 |
| St. Joseph Valley Traction Company | 109 |
| Goshen Streetcar Service Ends | 110 |
| 1930 | 112 |
| Elkhart Streetcar Service Ends | 114 |
| Section 3 Southern Michigan Railway Company | 117 |
| Construction Challenges | 118 |
| Passenger Service Begins | 121 |
| Northward Expansion | 123 |
| "The Longest Interurban Railway Bridge in the World" | 124 |
| Scottdale Powerhouse | 126 |
| New Railcars Ordered | 128 |
| "Fruit Belt” Service | 131 |
| The Blizzard of 1918 | 133 |
| Receivership and Reorganization | 134 |
| Interurban Service Ends | 135 |
| Section 4 La Porte and Michigan City Rail Lines | 137 |
| Michigan City | 137 |
| La Porte - Chicago & South Shore Railway | 145 |
| The “Air-Line" | 152 |
| CSB&NI - South Bend to La Porte | 154 |
| The Interurban in the Mid-1920s | 169 |
| Michigan City Streetcar Service Ends | 171 |
| 1934 | 173 |
| Appendices | 176 |
| South Bend - Mishawaka Car Routes | 177 |
| Car Barns | 187 |
| Rolling Stock (City and Interurban Rail, and Motor Buses) | 195 |
| Car Drawings | 229 |
| Employee Time Tables | 236 |
| Transfers | 240 |
| Bibliography | 243 |
| Northern Indiana Railway, Inc. Map |
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