This is what became of a couple of IHB SW1500's. IHB 1506 and 1508 have been rebuilt into RP15BDF's to run on compressed natural gas/diesel.
The old and the new works together at the west end of Gibson Yard. So far, two IHB SW1500's have been rebuilt into RP15BDF's to run on compressed natural gas/diesel. Here are the two as they work ... (more)
A pair of South Shore Geeps, still wearing their as-delivered blue and yellow paint, bring a string of loaded steel coils through Hammond. Tom Golden photo.
A pair of Chessie System Geeps bring a freight east along the B&OCT in Hammond. Tom Golden photo.
NS SD60E 7017 holds at the west end of Gibson yard with a westbound autorack train.
A high-hood GP30 leads an Alco Century and a pair of EMDs on a caboose hop through Hammond. Tom Golden photo.
IHB SD20 2920 switches the west end of Gibson Yard.
BNSF 8010 leads a intermodal east past a soon to be replaced NKP signal in Hammond.
A high hood SD45 leads a manifest freight east across the swing bridge in 1977.
Dating back to the days of the Pennsylvania Railroad, commuter service was operated between Chicago and Valparaiso, Indiana, and lasted into the 1980s. In this instance, a Conrail GP7 is seen ass... (more)
BNSF SD70MAC 9842 departs Gibson yard with a westbound auto train.
An A-B-A-A set of Amtrak E-units leads a northbound train along the former Monon/C&O line through Hammond. This line was abandoned in the 1980s and developed into a bike trail and is possibly sla... (more)
NS 7626 leads 20K east through Hammond.
N&W 611 is seen pounding the NS/IHB diamonds at Hohman Avenue in Hammond on a passenger special bound for Fort Wayne. Tom Golden photo.
N&W 611 is seen heading east across 169th Street in Hammond on a passenger special bound for Fort Wayne. Tom Golden photo.