Tom Golden photo.

A 6-car Conrail Officer's Special is seen rounding the curve at Whiting, IN. Tom Golden photo.

Oftentimes when their Chicago Line would be out of service, Conrail would use the IHB mainline several miles to the south for detour traffic. This would be the case with this eastbound stack trai... (more)

With a small crowd around him, a CNW Mechanical employee is seen adding sand to a lite engine set at the yard in Madison, IL. Tom Golden photo.

With UP's take over of the MoPac in the early '80s, a wide array of power began to pass through Yard Center in Dolton. A Western Pacific GP40 is a long way from its former home as it awaits its n... (more)

The Texas Southern was a dinner train operation that originated at Sunset Station in San Antonio and would make a round trip to Hondo, approximately 50 miles away on Southern Pacific trackage. La... (more)

Fresh from the EMD plant in LaGrange, a brand new Southern Railway GP50 is at the IHB's Blue Island Yard awaiting movement south to its new owner. Tom Golden photo.

Led by a former KCS SD40, a Soo Line move from Bensenville Yard heads south on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Soo Line six-axles leads an empty coal train through Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Consisting of caboose-C415-C415-caboose, a Rock Island cab hop heads past the Blue Island passenger depot into Burr Oak Yard. Tom Golden photo.

From inside the warm and cozy Burnham Tower, a Penn Central passenger train is seen passing by on a cold Chicagoland evening. Penn Central would outlast the tower which burned down in January 197... (more)

In its first month of operation, a westbound Conrail freight passes by Hohman Tower on the IHB with a consist comprising two Penn Central U-Boats bracketing a Reading Century. Tom Golden photo.

Led by a pair of SD40-2s, an eastbound Milwaukee Road manifest train departs the east end of the IHB's Blue Island Yard. The train will use trackage rights onto the IHB into Hammond where it will... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

The OSHA Orange scheme only lasted for a couple of years on the Harbor due to the paint fading quickly. A trio of OSHA Orange NW2s have a rebuilt US Steel unit in their consist as they pass throu... (more)