DC 459, USS 352 and GRW 303 team up to work cuts of loaded coke at Gary Works this afternoon. The prominent #1 Bop Shop stands in the background.
Hello old friend, it's been a while! At 83 years young, the EJ&E 450 is still alive today, but who knows for how much longer? An NW2 built in 1939 as the ATSF 2364, the 450 spends its days ... (more)
The only model I even operated solo. A favorite. Nice portrait by Dave Petke, from my collection.
GRW 317 and 307, both SW1200's, are hard at work shoving a cut of coke cars into the plant at Gary Works. Coke dust fills the air on this nice morning just off Lake Michigan.
Right at home! GRW 460 and 323, both of former EJ&E heritage, work a cut of steel cars at Gary Works. Kirk Yard is right next door, a location where both units spent plenty of time. SW1500 ... (more)
A little Rail & Sail on Memorial Day! A trio of the finest at Gary Railway shove hard on a loaded pet coke train. Led by Delray Connecting Railroad Company SW1001 #459, USS SW1500 #352 and ... (more)
A Gary Railway slug set, led by former EJ&E SW1200 #321, loads molten steel bottle cars at one of Gary Works' blast furnaces.
Feeling hot hot hot! At a scorching 2,300 degrees, a Gary Railway bottle car is pulled out of the blast furnace at the massive Gary Works steel mill.
Amtrak Cardinal train No.51 clearing Lafayette Junction. The Beech Grove train is leading in front.
As my Kentucky sojourn was ending I decided to get back to over to this operation. While not as exciting as the Alco alligator that was here previously it was good to see at least one of the rare... (more)
NS SD40-2 3517 leads B09 East past the since demolished Inland Plant 4 in East Chicago.
Taking a break for the Memorial Day weekend three of the LIRC's GP's line up nicely outside the shop.
N&W 1373 waits in the hole, as a manifest freight heads east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline.
CN 2989 leads a manifest West through Griffith.
The slide says Chicago, IL but I'm guessing with the location. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.
