One of the 4 IAIS SD38-2’s on point IAIS 151, IAIS ES44AC 513 (Rock Island Heritage Unit) and IAIS GP38-2 711 wait for a crew on point of the Blue Island - CSX Barr Yard transfer (IAIS BICSX) a... (more)
B&O meets Conrail
Rolling on CSX's Chicago Division and through the truss bridge spanning the Calumet-Sag Canal is BNSF Railway train C-NAMCXK8-70, carrying a load of coal from Wyoming's North Antelope Mine to Esse... (more)
GT 6202 (ex-DT&I 202) brightens a gloomy day as it brings a transfer thru Blue Island, IL in November of 1990. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.....
A train with three Union Pacific engines (SD70ACe 8982 up front, AC4400CW 7153 midtrain and ES44AC 7386 on the rear) interrupts a welder working on the crossing on the adjacent mainline as it cros... (more)
Backing their train down the Iowa Interstate’s line and across the Calumet Sag Channel and through one of the five through truss bridges (four of which are still in service) that span the channe... (more)
A pair of YN2's is always a welcome sight around Chicagoland. AC44's 519 and 418 round the curve in the Chatham control point area of Blue Island with train Q565, a "quality" freight fro... (more)
Tom Golden photo.
After completing its interchange to the Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard, a GTW caboose hop heads west toward home rails. Tom Golden photo.
IHB 1524 shoves the hump job into Blue Island Yard while IHB 4013 waits for it to clear, before departing for Bensenville with NA11.
The Rock heritage unit holds at Fransisco with a very short BIIHB
With one still in Rock Island paint, a pair of Chicago Rail Link high-hood Geeps switches cars in Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.
