NS 4415 rebuilt GE AC44C6M leads a westbound intermodal at Otis, Indiana on the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line. NS 9864 GE C44-9W and NS 4558 rebuilt GE AC44C6M are mid-train distributed power on this very long double-stack train.

This location is close to where the Monon Third Subdivision formerly crossed the NYC. The L&N abandoned the Michigan City branch from Michigan City (MP 60.03) to Medaryville (MP 15.16) on April 18, 1981.

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad’s Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana. In 1998, its ownership was split at Cleveland, Ohio, between CSX Transportation to the east and Norfolk Southern Railway in the west. Now from Cleveland, west to Chicago, the line is known as the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line.