South Bend Electric Railway
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2018
- The last remaining streetcar route in South Bend, Indiana was converted to bus nearly 80 years ago, but few are aware that an obscure rural streetcar line has been clattering through the outskirts of South Bend since 1987. Today, the privately owned SBER is one of only two electric railways carrying passengers in the State of Indiana, the other one being, of course, the South Shore Line.
Bob Olson’s 18-inch gauge trolley line is ¼ mile long and its ‘substation’ is comprised of onboard 12 volt automotive batteries. He built nearly everything from scratch using salvaged materials and surplus mechanical and electrical parts. Rolling stock was inspired by NYC’s Third Avenue Railway. This video traces the history of the line, from construction of the first single-truck open car to present-day operations. Please forgive the rough spots; the early videos are copied from old camcorder tapes.
Well done brother in law Bob Olson ... amazing the thousands of hours of design and hard labor building the railroad and street car!
Just found this. Wow what dedication and devotion put into this. Great to see the early days via video tape. Just wish I had the patience and dedication to do this. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for sharing these films, very enjoyable watching.
Woo-hoo! Another to join the ranks of such lines as the Rock River Valley Traction!! I do love a good 'backyard' trolley line!!
Thanks for this inspirational video journal of the trolley's development, well done Bob and Eric.
Great video, nice to have seen this in person. Bob is an awesome guy.
I grew up in Elkhart!! Spent quite a bit of time at Concord Mall!!
The Conrail yard there is huge
Great job Eric, as usual very interesting.
My late father rode the street car to see burial of knute rockne in 1931. He had to transfer in downtown so. bend. The 2nd street car took him to highland cemetery. He lived on w. washington st. Street car tracks ran in front of apartment.
This is what we do in Indiana~ We get bored, overthink things, and then build it!
That's how we got the Indy 500/Gasoline Alley, Borg-Warner, Allison, Prest-o-lite, Elwood Haynes' numerous ventures, Ball Jars, Brown County... and Bob Olson's wonderful creations~
This is really amazing
Outstanding work sir. Thank you for sharing your story.
in the future I intend to build the smallest tram connection in Poland
I wish you the best of luck emperor kuzco
I’d like to do the same thing for the Netherlands, connecting the front garden with the back garden, with a total track distance of about 69 meters.
Wooooowwww😃😃😃😃, very good, very beautiful construction.
Always reminds me of the film High Society when Samantha Lord (Grace Kelly) referred to Mike Connors (Frank Sinatra) as "The gentleman from South Bend." :)
Damn I want to build something like this in my home when I am older
Great video. I was trying to find the point where its been decided to switch from overhead catenary power to onboard 12v battery power? Around the 9:35 I think it's still on overhead, but then when loading onto the old truck I see a pile of batteries removed? Cheers =)
is this trolley still in operation. When is it open to the public?
Mens shorts were much shorter in the 1980's. Very cool trolley line.
Indeed! Must be way better in warm weather. Although I wouldnt say its the most stunning thing to wear.
the truck is made from a fence post...nice
Does this still exist in 2021
And how long is this track ?
A 1km or ?
I'm truly in awe of people who have such skills and imagination.
Bagus sekali
Stool-bend R R ?
Second like here 👍
😊
absurd and charming
If you put a road between the tracks, jitneys will precede you and steal your passengers.
Give me 1 train 🚗
All that land and I didn't see a wild animal just a dog
Nnhh'