A hump job hangs around outside the tower at Blue Island Yard's west end. An SD20, an SW1500 and a slug make up the set as they prepare to begin the morning's work.
With its career on the IHB nearing a close, SD20 2920 shoves hard on a cut of cars at the east end of Blue Island Yard. The presence of smoke just proves that she's going to work hard to the very ... (more)
Chesapeake & Ohio GP30 No. 3021, along with Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 No. 4335 and sister C&O GP30 No. 3001, sit at Barr Yard at Riverdale, Illinois, on a cold and foggy November 23, 1986.
Just out of Blue Island Yard, a pair of Indiana Harbor Belt SD20's are in charge of a UP Yard Center transfer as they make their way down 9 Lead at CP 107 in Riverdale. Reports indicate that the S... (more)
IHB 2920, one of 3 SD20's that remained on the IHB roster up until early 2020.
All is quiet and not much happening here on the first day of 2020 as various units sit around in the sun.
IHB 2160 leads a manifest west into Blue Island yard.
Endangered IHB SD20 2923 teams up with SD38-2 3861 to switch Blue Island Yard in Riverdale on this cold, but sunny morning. A UP SD70ACe and a KCS SD70MAC also make an appearance as they prepare t... (more)
Chesapeake & Ohio GP30 No. 3001, along with Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 No. 4335 and sister C&O GP30 No. 3021, all in Chessie System paint, sit at Barr Yard at Riverdale, Illinois, on a cold and foggy... (more)
Baltimore & Ohio GP30 No. 6900 and Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 No. 3526 sit at B&OCT’s Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois, on August 10, 1986.
NS GP38-2 5322 leads the bottle train east through Riverdale.
CSX manifest freight Q350 has pulled up on the yard lead as it makes a setout at Barr Yard with a lashup of KCS SD70ACe 4023, followed by BC Rail C44-9WL 4642. Both units are one of three in their... (more)
Working the west end of CSX's Barr Yard on the morning of March 11th is one of CSX's EMD SD30C-ECO locomotives, rebuilt from an SD40-2.
Y125 makes its way to the west end of Barr Yard with a GP30 Road Slug leading the charge.
A great catch, in the form of a GP30 Road Slug, arrives at Barr Yard with westbound train Y125.
