CSS freight motors cruise through the intersection at 11th & Franklin in Michigan City.

BNSF 5461 slams across the CSXT Porter Branch diamond as it leads its train east on the former B&O Garrett Sub.

Deluxe Facilities! One of two Chicago-Valparaiso evening commuter trains (referred to as "The Dummies" by the railroad crews) makes a station stop at Hobart during the Penn Central to Conrail tran... (more)

Three E units lead a manifest freight west through Griffith in 1975.

NS SD60E 6962 leads a hot Z train west at maximum allowable track speed.

Conrail B23-7 1987 leads a mixed freight at South Burns Harbor, on the Porter Branch, in 1984.

A meet at Ebony on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago-Fort Wayne line. View east.

Approximately nine hours have gone by since the Chicago Line reopened due to the derailment at milepost 460, and rail traffic is intense and frequent in both directions. Seen here at milepost 488 ... (more)

Derailment Site. At approximately 11:30 am on Friday 3-8-19, for reasons unknown at this time, eight cars of fifty six car NS westbound train B08 derailed in rural La Porte county IN near milepost... (more)

NS train 294 rips through Ogden Dunes IN at milepost 488 on the Chicago Line.

EL 833 and its two E8A mates switch a cut of cars at Griffith in 1975. The C&O line is visible in the distance.

The regionally famous Broad street interlocking tower is visible in the distance as a manifest freight gets the signal to proceed westward, in 1975.

I purchased this 1950s (possibly late 1940s) era photo along with two others (previously posted) in the early to mid 1970s at a Chicago area train show / swap meet event. The seller was not the ph... (more)

I purchased this 1950s era photo in the early to mid 1970s at a Chicago area train show / swap meet event. The seller was not the photographer. Photographer unknown.

I purchased this 1950s era photo in the early to mid 1970s at a Chicago area train show / swap meet event. The seller was not the photographer. Photographer unknown.