NS 5333 leads the bottle train West at Calumet.

On a sunny Saturday morning in Dolton, the Bottle train slowly rolls east on the CSX Barr Subdivision, preparing to hop onto the IHB Main at the switch up ahead. The bottles are bound for Clevelan... (more)

NS 5333 begins its trip in Riverdale as it leads a bottle train back to the Cleveland Cliffs mill in East Chicago

NS 5333 leads a long cut from the steel mill on a short transfer from Lakefront Yard to Michigan Avenue Yard for B09’s crew to pickup a short time later to take to I/N Tek in New Carlisle, India... (more)

NS 5333 leads a train of steel coils West out of Indiana Harbor.

Indiana Harbor Belt runs bottle trains from Cleveland-Cliffs (former Inland Steel and ArcelorMittal) steel mill in East Chicago and Cleveland-Cliffs smaller steel mill in Riverdale, IL. The Mill u... (more)

A bottle train slowly makes its way into IHB's Lakefront Yard with an NS GP38-2 in charge. I’ve said it before, but photos don’t do justice for the size of Cleveland Cliffs’ (formerly Arcelo... (more)

NS 5333 leads the bottle train east into Lakefront Yard.

With seven bottles of steel in tow, NS GP38-2 5333 heads for East Chicago, IN. The Leslie RS3L on this unit was music to the ears.

NS 5333 leads a bottle train through East Chicago en-route to the ArcelorMittal plant in Riverdale.

NS 5333 runs LHF with a bottle train at Dolton, IL.

Eastbound NS bottle train from Arcelor Mittal at Riverdale swings around the corner at CP Gibson on the IHB. The train will head to IHB's Lake Front Yard where the cars will be interchanged with A... (more)

The NS local from Calumet Yard passes through the Ford Plant at 130th & Torrence.

Arriving in East Chicago, IN, after a short jaunt from Riverdale, IL, NS 5333 crosses the NS Chicago Line and an EJ&E industrial track to join the IHB tracks. It will shortly drop its four loaded... (more)