Deluxe Amenities! One of two Chicago-Valparaiso evening commuter trains (referred to as "The Dummies" by the railroad crews) makes a station stop at Hobart during the Penn Central to Conrail trans... (more)

TP&W GP40X 4056 holds in Hobart with the westbound CF&E manifest.

NKP 765 Smoking through Hobart,IN on its Return Trip to Fort Wayne after doing 4 Trips of the Joliet Rocket in Chicago over Fathers Day Weekend.

CF&E's westbound road freight is tied down in Lake Siding with Indiana & Ohio GP40-1 4036 in charge.

Waiting for a crew on the former PRR just east of the old depot.

On a sunny day in Hobart, the CF&E's westbound road freight awaits a recrew to take the train the rest of the way to IHB's Blue Island Yard in Riverdale, IL. Leading the way is an Indiana & Ohio G... (more)

An eastbound waits for a crew on the former PRR at East Hobart.

A GP35 leads the way west past BART tower and the former PRR depot in 1977.

SOU 3304 and its two mates lead a mixed freight west on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line.

SD38 655 is running long hood forward as it leads a mixed freight west on the EJ&E's eastern branch known as the Porter Line in 1983.

A view of two interlocking towers in 1973. Looking northeast on the EJ&E Porter Line is HO tower (N&W, ex NKP, crossing) in the foreground and BART tower (PC, ex PRR, crossing) in the distance. Th... (more)

Wheeling & Lake Erie unit 6381 leads NS 323 west through Hobart Indiana at track speed, on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line.

SD40-2s are running engine light to Van Loon in Gary, as they begin to exit the westward passing siding and enter the former Nickel Plate Road mainline in Hobart. Even without cars in-tow the two ... (more)

A Norfolk & Western (former Nickel Plate Road) yard scene in 1978 featuring a stranger from the West.

Just another nice hot and hazy summer day down at the train yard with sons Mike and Jeff, and their good friend Chad. A manifest freight hustles east on the former NKP main while a Speno train and... (more)