Two auto trains work the west end of IHB Gibson Yard.

Although Hohman Interlocking was one of Chicagoland's busiest junctions, it had not seen passenger trains since Amtrak left the former Erie Lackawanna mains in the late 1970s. Due to a gas leak, ... (more)

The Virginian Heritage Unit leads NS 22W at Hammond, IN.

A trio of high-hood Geeps leads a westbound freight along the former Nickel Plate mainline. Tom Golden photo.

Performing some testing on the Chicago Short Line, Motive Power Industries' MP2000D demonstrator is seen with a CSL EMD on a westbound coke train. Tom Golden photo.

One of the IHB's power boosters, PB4, is seen with the Harbor's Centennial GP38-2, 3801, switching autoracks on the west end of Gibson Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Chicago-bound passengers board a westbound South Shore train at Hammond. These rugged old interurban cars, more than fifty years old at the time, would soon be replaced.

A pair of Canadian Pacific SD40-2s lead a westbound intermodal train on Conrail's Chicago Line. Tom Golden photo.

CSS 805 (SD38-2) leads a westbound CSS train through Hammond, Indiana

Fresh from the paint booth, South Dakota Wheat Growers SW1 #865 awaits movement along the Indiana Harbor Belt for a transfer west to home rails. Tom Golden photo.

NKP 765 brings a few gondolas and passenger cars west for excursions in Chicago in June.

NKP 765 Passing the Last NKP Signals in Hammond after a Weekend in Chicago.

On a hot and hazy midwestern summer afternoon, the Monon crew has the cab door open for a breath of fresh air as their pair of Alco Century 420s approaches State Line Tower in Hammond, IN, with a ... (more)

Norfolk and Western 6206 heads up a freight as it hits the diamonds at Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN in December of 1988. This train came thru moments after the train in photo 619932 cleared the di... (more)

Norfolk and Western caboose 518612 brings up the rear of a freight as it clears the diamonds at Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN in December of 1988.