An ex KCS unit slowly heads east at the steel mill access-road crossing on the former EJ&E Lakefront Line. Son Mike checks it out after using up a few digital megapixels.
NS 8033 rolls past CP 503 of Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line with another westbound intermodal train on a sunny June afternoon.
NS 5168 brings a long string of coil cars into IHB's Michigan Street Yard in East Chicago, IN.
IHB 4019 and a mate run light past "J" bridge #631 in East Chicago, IN.
NS 9184 leads an intermodal east through heavily industrialized East Chicago Indiana.
CITX 403 leads an IHB transfer out of Michigan Street Yard and under the cantilever at Calumet .
With the conductor and trainee protecting the shove, NS 8880 reverses back through the wye at CP 502 as Amtrak's Wolverine speeds west towards Chicago.
IHB 1516 rolls under the remains of Cline Avenue and past Arcelor Mittal with a cut of cars.
A pair of Indiana Harbor Belt geeps head south on the IHB main with train 115 from NS's Burns Harbor yard. The train ran west on the NS Chicago Line from the yard near MP 485, to CP 502 where it a... (more)
An NS SD70ACe leads a westbound empty tank train through the maze of tracks at CP502.
CSX K635 holds at Columbia Avenue, awaiting a signal at State Line Interlocking. An NS SD70/SD60 combo was a nice catch this evening.
An eastbound coke train from the Chicago Short Line passes through the interlocking at CP 502 with borrowed NS power.
Right on que, the South Shore Line heads west through East Chicago, nearing Peguiss Yard with a pair of their classic, orange GP38-2's.
IC SW14 1497 leads the Whiting Local through East Chicago. EJ&E SD38-2 659 was picked up for the trip back to Kirk Yard.
The Whiting Job makes its way through the industrial area of East Chicago with a very rare Illinois Central SW14 in charge.