An Indiana Harbor Belt SW1500 and slug are seen pulling a cut of cars west past the Blue Island Yard hump tower. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of consecutively-numbered former Reading Geeps lead an eastbound Conrail freight out of the IHB's Blue Island Yard past Stewart Avenue Tower. Tom Golden photo.

IHB power working the Riverdale Yard.

Only a couple months old, a Conrail SD60I awaits to depart east from the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Freshly rebuilt at National Railway Equipment in nearby Dixmoor, FEC 435 is at CSX's Barr Yard awaiting movement back to Florida. Tom Golden photo.

A former Seaboard System SD50 awaits to depart Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

With a GP15T and GP30 bringing a local out of the east end of Barr Yard, B30-7 5554 and an EMD sit in the weeds awaiting rerailing after a slight mishap where the units were shoved off of the roun... (more)

On their first revenue move, a trio of Conrail SD50s heads east from the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Note the flatcars loaded with truck frames which were a common sight throughout the 1980s and earl... (more)

Led by a six-pack of Chessie System GP15Ts, the transfer to Chicago Rail Link is about to depart the B&O's Barr Yard. Note that a former LaSalle and Bureau County Baldwin (LSBC #8) is along for t... (more)

A chopped-nose former CB&Q SD9 leads a transfer from the BN's Cicero Yard to CSX's former B&OCT Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

ATSF 3604 leading the inbound transfer from Corwith Yard. Tom Golden photo.

IHB's GP38-2 pair leads a westbound manifest into Riverdale.

A pair of Belt Railway of Chicago GP38-2s are seen at the IHB's Blue Island Yard after bringing in a transfer. Tom Golden photo.

As other power gathers around, a pair of NS GP60's and a Dash 9 shove a single gondola into IHB's Blue Island Yard. The GP60's and the Dash 9 would depart on 34J much later in the day.

A trio of Armour Yellow MoPac GP50s are headed east from the B&O's Barr Yard with a transfer bound for MP's Yard Center in nearby Dolton. Note the Christmas-themed safety message painted outside ... (more)