CF&E 3316, the railroad’s SD40T-2, takes CHFW across the CN Matteson Sub at Ivanhoe in Gary. The diamond is still guarded by NYC type signals on the IHB and CSX trackage. This is also the locati... (more)
Rain is moving into the area as CF&E's eastbound road freight departs out of Blue Island Yard. Three CF&E Geeps are in charge as the train crosses the diamonds at Dolton Junction. In order, we hav... (more)
CF&E's tunnel motor sits tied down at County Line near Hobart with CHFW.
After getting a recrew in Bourbon, IN, the crew of the eastbound CF&E train out of Chicago accelerates as it passes through Etna Green, IN.
SP (CEFX) 9362 East screams passes the old Pennsylvania Railroad depot and the position lights guarding the Elkhart & Western shortline.
SP (CEFX) 9362 East screams past the huge elevator at Hamlet on its way to Fort Wayne.
SP (CEFX) 9362 East passes the position lights guarding the Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad at Hanna.
SP (CEFX) 9362 East passes IHB's Gibson Roundhouse as it heads east towards Fort Wayne.
Only in Hamlet, Indiana can you see SP, FEC, and WSOR power all in the same place!
CF&E's Chicago - Fort Wayne road freight rolls through the small town of Atwood in eastern Indiana on a beautiful fall day.
The Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern makes an appearance at Paxton with a FEC geep & SP tunnel motor.
West of Plymouth finds an old wooden bridge that goes over the once double tracked Pennslyvania Chicago Line, sadly the Pennsy is no more but trains are still to come by, like CHFW heading upgrade... (more)