Done with the day's duties, NS 3233 rests in a late Autumn setting sun. NS 3233 started as SRR 3233, and was still in use at the ripe old age of 50(!!) as of last Autumn.

Chicago Short Line #30 and caboose head for home along Lake Michigan in Whiting, IN.

A Railserve GP15-1 is seen loading coke at the BP refinery at Whiting, IN.

LTEX SW1500 1562, a former CN/WC unit, switches the West end of the Cliffs Indiana Harbor complex.

The BP Whiting Refinery recently had a new contract service take effect and Rail Switching Service (RSSX) was the chosen one. GP15-1 #685, formerly of Missouri Pacific heritage, is seen shuffling ... (more)

With the Chicago skyline in the background, NS 3824 leads a CSL train East through Whiting.

Right along the shores of Lake Michigan, a Chicago Short Line movement is captured in Whiting. Wearing its sharp paint scheme, SW1500 #31 is in the process of shoving into Cleveland Cliffs' Indian... (more)

CSX K677 follows a westbound intermodal over the Indiana Harbor Canal at CP 503 on a sunny March afternoon. Leading the train is a former L&N GP38-2, which is certainly a rare leader for this empt... (more)

Until its closure in the early 1990s, the EJ&E would move ingots for US Steel between its South Works in Chicago and Gary Works in Northwest Indiana. This train is seen headed east toward Gary. ... (more)

A former Mittal slug set works the West end of the Indiana Harbor complex.

Tom Golden photo.

With a hefty pickup from Cleveland Cliffs, the "Short Line" makes a shove move down the BP Lead in Whiting, Indiana. The crew will shove onto the NS and through nearby CP 502 to access h... (more)

A slug set switches the West end of the massive Cleveland Cliffs Indiana Harbor complex. The slug set still wears ArcelorMittal paint for now.

NS 4005 leads a short steel train West through Whiting.

MS Tower oversaw a connecting track between the NYC, PRR, B&O, and EJ&E. In this 1970 scene, a Penn Central passenger train heads east past the tower. Tom Golden photo.