A Pantograph on a Diesel?!? ¯\_(?)_/¯

Upon reviewing this photo of NICD GP38-2 1000, I discovered something interesting about this engine – a pantograph on the roof! Built b... (more)

UP SD70M 3958 leads a ethanol train East through CP 501 of the NS Chicago Line in Gary.

With an impressive lash-up, CN L515 is in a holding pattern at CP Cavanaugh. BCOL 4619 leads the way.

A pair of NS EMDs lead B09 East into Gary.

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train 218 has just begun its journey from Gary Metro Center IN to Millennium Station in Chicago IL. NCID Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) cars 45 and... (more)

Canadian National Railway ET44AC 3232 was built by General Electric in May 2019. (Gary, Indiana – September 24, 2021) Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE and Covid... (more)

There is an impressive array of diesel power at Canadian National Railways’ Kirk Yard. From left to right we see CN SD40u 6001, CN Dash 9-44CW 2646, Illinois Central GP40-2 3129 and CN SD40-2(W)... (more)

CN 9515 leads the Lakefront local East past the shuttered Majestic Star Casino.

A pair of Norfolk Southern diesels – AC44C6M 4016 (ex-Dash 9-40C 8849) and SD70ACe 1013 – are serviced in Canadian National’s Kirk Yard. (Gary, Indiana – September 24, 2021). Photograp... (more)

In 1973, when General Motors Electro-Motive Division was inundated with orders for SD40-2s for just about every railroad, twenty SD40-2s were built for Missouri Pacific. Lucky number 13 was MP 80... (more)

KCS's Veterans unit heads West through Gary with CN X497.

A Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad freight train, CSS AF4, behind CSS GP38-2 2006, NICD GP38-2 1000 (ex-RMPX GP40 6405, ex-GTW 6405, née-DTI 405) and CSS GP38-2 2005, hustles its way to ... (more)

Sitting in Canadian National Railways' Kirk Yard, Elgin Joliet & Eastern SD38-2 668, one of at least five EJ&E SD38-2s to get repainted in CN paint (at this date). This was the last SD38-2 built ... (more)

KCS's Veterans unit heads West through Gary with CN X497.

On a humid afternoon, a trio of Gary Railway SW1200's pull on a cut of empty CSX coke cars. All three are former EJ&E units that survived the CN takeover long enough to avoid the scrapper's torch.... (more)