In Popular Culture
- The 1986 independent film Combat Shock used the railway as a backdrop for many scenes and subplots. Although some scenes were shot at the Tompkinsville Station, the viaduct and closed stations of the former North Shore Line were used in much of the movie to enhance the "grittyness" of Frankie Dunlan's life as a Vietnam War veteran.
- Part of singer Madonna's music video for "Papa Don't Preach" was filmed on the stairs and platform of the railway's Stapleton station.
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