Fresh from the paint booth, a SW1500-slug combo works the hump at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

IHB SW7 8866 shows signs of its previous NYC-lightning stripes near the front of the locomotive while it traverses through Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

IHB SW1500 #1523 mosies across the IL-IN state line in Calumet City, IL with an auto transfer job, about to take the connection to head north to Burnham Yard. Truly impressive how these little swi... (more)

IHB 1505, a veteran SW1500, rumbles south with a local freight from the Indiana Harbor Belt's Burnham Yard, passing an auto scrapyard on the west side of Hammond, IN.

IHB 3800, Indiana Harbor Belt's GP38-3 painted in a special scheme to honor veterans, works an autorack pulldown job on the west end of Gibson Yard in Hammond, IN.

IHB light power appoaches the diamonds in Dolton as they roll back to the interchange back to the IHB line.

IHB's pair of former NS GP38's leads the 115 job to Burns Harbor.

IHB 4011 and 4013 (GP40-2s) lead an autorack train out of Gibson Yard in Hammond, IN during the golden hour, on their way to CPKC's Bensenville Yard.

IHB 4011 and 4013 (GP40-2s) prepare an autorack train for Bensenville Yard, seen here on the west end of Gibson Yard building the train prior to departure.

IHB 1503 (SW1500) crosses an access road on the north side of the IHB mainline as it curves to the north towards Burnham Yard with a long cut of autoracks, an impressive load for this little switc... (more)

IHB 1503, a veteran SW1500, trundles onto the connection from the IHB mainline to Burnham Yard with a long cut of autoracks.

IHB GP40-2s 4013 and 4011 trundle into Bensenville Yard with brand new CPKC ET44ACs 7463 and 7461 in tow. All four locomotives were on display for the 2025 Franklin Park Railroad Days.

IHB 4011 and 4013 (GP40-2s) arrive at the east end of Bensenville Yard with an inbound local.

IHB 3801 and 3800 (GP40-2s) rumble past the IL-IN state line in Calumet City, IL with an eastbound manifest.