[2] The route was a very important link for Studebaker Auto since it ended at their factories in South Bend, Indiana.
One of the reasons it was built was for people going to Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Indiana when it was a resort town.
After Studebaker closed in 1963, rail traffic started declining and the last daily freights were gone by 1969.
For a while in Plymouth, Indiana, they used the line for the old industrial park, but this rail was gone by 1990.
Track still remains in South Bend, where it continues to be used by a couple of local businesses.