CSX i016 heads east through Blue Island.

A solo Tier 4 GEVO leads a long train through Blue Island

CSX 5480 leads a stack train East through Blue Island/

The Tunnel Motors were designed to keep units from overheating in tunnels and snowsheds like those on Donner Pass. The tunnel motor design was applied to 245 SP-SSW SD45T-2s and 239 SP-SSW and... (more)

Along with RS3m 456.

After hours of work at IHB’s Blue Island Yard, IAIS’s BIIHB transfer crosses the Cal Sag and swings around the large curve at Blue Island Junction with GP38-2 701 leading ES44AC 501, preparing... (more)

The Rock under The Rock. Iowa 513 slowly makes its shove move to Blue Island Yard, passing through Blue Island Junction.

The Rock Island heritage unit begins its shove move to IHB's Blue Island Yard as it crosses the Cal Sag Channel at Blue Island Junction. The interlocking tower is no longer manner but is still use... (more)

After receiving the signal at CP 154 (also known as CP Francisco), Iowa Interstate train BIIHB begins its shove move to IHB's Blue Island Yard. GP38-2 701 leads the way, followed by a GEVO. GEVO's... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Not many tunnels in Chicago, but plenty of bridges. A four-pack of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors brings a coal train across the Cal-Sag Channel on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Some pigeons scatter as a southbound Grand Trunk Western freight rattles over one of the bridges spanning the Calumet Sag Channel into Blue Island, Illinois, on December 3, 1988. The truss bridge ... (more)

A CSX crew working on the diamonds takes a brief break to allow an Iowa Interstate train, crossing the Calumet Sag Channel on the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (also known as the Indiana Harbo... (more)

One of the 4 IAIS SD38-2’s on point IAIS 151, IAIS ES44AC 513 (Rock Island Heritage Unit) and IAIS GP38-2 711 wait for a crew on point of the Blue Island - CSX Barr Yard transfer (IAIS BICSX) a... (more)