A pair of Chessie System GEs are seen outside the fueling rack at the B&O's Barr Yard. Jim Mirabelli photo.

A pair of slug/SW1500 combos are seen pulling cars out of the bowl at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

The first SD60 built, EMD's demonstrator #1 is seen at the IHB's Blue Island Yard in Riverdale awaiting testing on Conrail. Tom Golden photo.

Less than a month old, a trio of Conrail C30-7As are seen awaiting their next assignment at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Note a traincrew's opinion about the new locomotive additions that was draw... (more)

CF&E GP40 3041 leads a rail train west through Riverdale. Oddly enough the two units are running nose to nose.

A single SW900 is seen switching cars on the east end of Barr Yard near the repair track. Note the safety-themed billboard behind the locomotive which would be updated several times a year to ref... (more)

Chesapeake and Ohio EMD GP9 No. 6166 sits at Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois, on August 10, 1986. “C and O For Progress” as the logos proclaim!

Purchased secondhand in December 1984, five former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie MP15DCs are seen in transit at CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale from the Ashland Avenue Tower. Although these units still car... (more)

One of Conrail's new SD50s has been delivered to the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard and is working its way toward its outbound train. Tom Golden photo.

A single GP15T is seen from the Ashland Avenue Control Tower pulling a cut of cars west out of Barr Yard. Note the strings of retired first-generation diesels on the north end of the yard. Jim M... (more)

The Union Pacific and Western Pacific heritage of the locomotives in this CMNW consist is pretty obvious as the train awaits departure west from the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard. Paul M... (more)

A trio of CMNW's former Western Pacific Geeps are seen awaiting to tie onto their outbound train at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Paul Meyer photo.

CSX's business train locomotive fleet are seen at Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

"Power of Tomorrow. Today" This slogan is seen adorning EMD's first SD60 demonstrator which is in transit from their plant in LaGrange to Conrail territory for testing. Tom Golden pho... (more)

Ferromex 4063 pulls up to Riverdale to await a recrew. The foreign duo looked great in the morning sunlight.