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Shore Line Electric Railway

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⁴ᴷ The NICTD South Shore Line - Indiana's Street Running Electric Railroad

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NICTD South Shore Line Electric Train Arriving At Beverly Shores NICTD Station

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South Shore Line Electric Train Filmed At Calumet Trail

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#Short O Scale on the Shore Line

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NICTD Train 20 With Bi-levels @ Fail Rd.

The Shore Line Electric Railway was a trolley line along the southern coastline of Connecticut, running between New Haven and Old Saybrook with additional branches to Chester and Stony Creek. Unlike most trolley lines in New England, the Shore Line Electric was a true interurban, running large railway-style cars largely on a private right-of-way rather than on public streets. Though its main line was in operation for only 15 nonconsecutive years, the Shore Line Electric briefly acquired a substantial network of trolley lines stretching across eastern Connecticut, including the Norwich and Westerly Railway, the Groton and Stonington Street Railway, and several lines of the Connecticut Company.