A former EJ&E transfer caboose now in service for the Chicago Short Line is seen bringing up the rear of a westbound coke train as two of Tom Golden's grandchildren look on. Tom Golden photo.

Passing beneath classic Pennsylvania position light signals, NS's intermodal from Mechanicville, NY to 55th Street Chicago nears its' final destination.

Sometimes, even after 41 years of railfanning, you see something you've never seen before.

Rattling through the ArcelorMittal complex in Whiting/East Chicago, IN. Lots of detail to see here.

This is the first time I've seen a train (to memory) on the EJ&E branch wedged between the ultra-busy NS Chicago Line and the now satisfyingly active ArcelorMittal (ex Inland Steel) Plant tracks i... (more)

Some newly painted switchers, and an (apparently) brand new slug mated with #1123 wait for more work on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Idling at the station house on a sunny Sunday.

Equipped with a very nice RS5T airhorn, NS 2502 cruises through Whiting's Front Street.

A three way meet takes place in Whiting, as Amtrak heads east, meeting a westbound manifest on the middle track and a westbound Z train with an SD70 on the point.

Tom Golden photo.

CP 642 became a W2T when it got on the NS at CP 509. Here it is at CP 507 with a trio of SOO SD60s under the cover of darkness.

A westbound manifest passes under the old Pennsy signals at CP 506.

Amtrak is about to cross Whiting, Indiana's Front Street crossing, nearing its stop at the Hammond-Whiting Station. From Hammond-Whiting, it'll be onward to Chicago.