Simms Collection - Indiana Streetcars, 1940

This category includes examples from several Indiana city systems, with nearly all of the photos dating to 1939-1940.

FORT WAYNE STREET RAILWAY

Car 500 northbound at Spy Run Ave & Lawton Ave, May 19, 1940 [ed.: house is still there]

Car 530 northbound on Spy Run Ave at Baltes Ave, May 19, 1940

Car 543 on Spy Run Ave bridge

Car in front of the traction terminal, May 19, 1940

GARY RAILWAYS

Car 1

Car 1 at the end of the line in Valparaiso during the last month of service

Car 3 [ed.: car 19 is on the right, so this might be the March 19, 1939, fan trip]

Car 9 at Oakley & Sibley in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 9 at Oakley & Sibley in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 9 eastbound at Oakley & Sibley in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 16 at North Broadway Loop

Car 18 at Sibley St and the NKP, June 8, 1940

Car 19 on its CERA fan trip, March 19, 1939

Car 19 on the March 19, 1939, fan trip, likely on Broadway

Car 19 on the March 19, 1939, fan trip at the city limits

Car 51

Gary & Interurban 101, Broadway in Gary, 1909

Gary & Valparaiso 1 (later Gary Railways 1) at Kuhlman in 1924

HAMMOND WHITING & EAST CHICAGO

Work car 7 in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 70, 62nd & South Park at the back of the station, May 26, 1940

Car 74 in front of the Hammond shops, June 8, 1940

Car 74, Hohman & Indiana Avenue in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 74, Hohman Ave shops in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Car 74, Hohman south of the South Shore Line in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Chicago Surface Lines 6207 on Hohman in Hammond, June 8, 1940

Chicago Surface Lines 6207 on Hohman in Hammond, June 8, 1940

INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAYS

Car 144, end of the College-Broad Ripple line, September 15, 1940

Indianapolis car with trolley bus following

SOUTH BEND

Car 216 at Madison & Walsh, May 30, 1940

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