IHB 3800, the Indiana Harbor Belt's GP38-2 painted in a scheme to honor our veterans, trundles through downtown Hammond, IN with an eastbound IHB freight, seen here crossing the NS Chicago Distric... (more)

NS 1840 (SD70ACC) leads a string of NS locomotives on a westbound manifest underneath the new Chicago South Shore Monon extension through downtown Hammond, IN.

IHB 3861 (SD38-2), with a unique nose herald reminiscent of motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson, pulls out of Gibson Yard with an autorack train.

An empty bottle train works back towards East Chicago. The train just came out of the ArcelorMittal steel-making plant in Riverdale, These bottle trains are loaded at 3 different blast furnaces in... (more)

IHB 1512, an SW1500 built in 1967, trundles into Burnham Yard on the Illinois side of the IL-IN border with a local freight as the clock nears midnight.

CSXT 1899, the Pere Marquette heritage unit, glides into Hammond, IN leading empty ethanol train B778 for the IAIS. The train will terminate in Barr Yard, with Iowa Interstate power to pick up the... (more)

NS 6705 leads BH19 West through Hammond.

IHB SD38-2 3961 switches out the West end of Gibson Yard in Hammond.

Right pretty in that orange after originally coming in SP gray. Looks like a portrait might be appropriate.

Apparently already retired, one of the three-engine Gensets which didn't work out. The NREs weren't exactly ugly but very few seem to be picked up on the used market. I remember when we all shak... (more)

Grounded! These units were embargoed while everybody decided the safety modifications needed to make them compliant with local regulations. Not carried on the Railpower catalog, the "DF&quo... (more)

Faded and looking somewhat worse for wear this old war horse still has some style. I kinda liked that "North America" paint scheme. I wonder what that equipment in front of the enginee... (more)

CP 8645 switches the West end of Gibson yard with CPKC 137.

An empty bottle train works back towards East Chicago. The train just came out of the ArcelorMittal steel-making plant in Riverdale, These bottle trains are loaded at 3 different blast furnaces in... (more)

This bottle train popped out from behind the BNSF empty auto racker pulling into Gibson. Both jobs are about to cross the NS line to Ft. Wayne near the Illinois-Indiana Stateline. The bottle train... (more)