Back up to speed out of downtown, CSX Q008 leaves Indianapolis behind as they continue their trek east along Mass Ave. Leading is CSXT 8849, an old Conrail SD40-2 running on "home rails"... (more)

LIRC 3002, in a PRR-inspired paint scheme with a logo saluting our veterans, leads the Z550 north through CP Dale.

After Interchanging with the Indiana Rairoad, LIRC Z550 heads for home with some impressive tonnage passing the distant semaphore at Summer Ave.

I remember my father showing me this photo, and, if my memory serves me correctly, he took it while on an extended work assignment in Indianapolis in 1960. This is a real rarity, 1 of 22 center-c... (more)

SAHW starts its trek to Jasonville with the INRD 9004 leading. The train is curving out of Senate Ave Yard which was once the Illinois Central's main Indianapolis yard.

Q276 rounds the bend out of Indy to the east side of town. Leading today's train is CSXT 8823, a former Conrail SD40-2. In the background is the expanding Indianapolis skyline.

9 years after the 25th anniversary, INRD 9025 is still dressed up in her beautiful 25th scheme. One can spot the many similarities between the 9025's scheme and the warbonnet scheme.

October 13, 2018 brought a very neat yet odd move to the INRD, a passenger run to Indianapolis Union Station. The INRD used the Frank Thomson, a beautiful PRR car, on one of their passenger specia... (more)

INRD 3808 sits in Indy as the sun shines down. The train is waiting to go into the yard after working the Venture Logistics warehouse.

Monday through Friday happenings on the south side of Indy include the LIRC run of Z550 to the INRD and back south. Here we see LIRC 2001 heads south past old warehouses and the surviving PRR sema... (more)

The hottest train on the Indy Line Sub, CSX Q008 heads out of Indy and prepares to blast off as soon as it gets the head end around the curve. From here the train runs east to the east coast from ... (more)

What was probably the morning Q254 out of Louisville rushes east through Indianapolis on a sunny morning. In charge is CSXT 7877, a hard to find nowadays YN2 C40-8W. The signal bridge in the backg... (more)

On a humid July morning, CSX crews work on the unfortunate removal of IU Tower in Downtown Indianapolis. Built in the 1930's as part of Indianapolis Union Station modenization project, IU tower ha... (more)

An Indiana Rail Road GP38-2 is on the point of SAHW and lets out a puff of white smoke as the train gets underway southbound out of the small yard just outside Indianapolis.