The South Chicago & Indiana Harbor, formerly the Chicago Short Line, starts their day off gathering some cars for interchange with the NS at Colehour.
The Pennsy E Units pass through the steel bridges at South Chicago on their way home to Philadelphia.
Yellow F9AM 4165 is coupled back-to-back with maroon FP7A 403 at the South Chicago yard. 4165 was the former UP 535, an F3 which was remanufactured for the UP into a 1500 hp F9AM. This was one o... (more)
a BRC South Chicago job heads thru Pullman Jct. When the hogger of this train went by me at Hayford, he quipped "I'd rather have Alcos!"...I agreed!
A pair of the Belt's pug-nosed Centuries assemble their train of coal hoppers.
Time was running out for the Belt's Centuries, I'm glad I got to photograph them before it was too late.
There's only one thing that would make these Centuries look better - a dark cloud of Alco smoke.
An FP-7 and C-415 rest at South Chicago Yard. Thanks to Mr. Lalich for correct location ID. We used to fan all the RI locations in Chicago, they all kind of blurr after all these years!
BRC 581 & 583 working the east end of the BRC today.
OMLX 903, Former CKRY 903 switches out a plant near the Irondale Yard.