No trespassing on the IHB, in East Chicago I don't think a sign is going to keep people off the tracks.

A wide array of EMD power at Blue Island Yard includes SW1500s, NW2s, and GP50s awaiting their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Harbor NW2s, one in the latest black and orange scheme, is seen switching cars at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A Harbor switcher and booster unit are parked under the Halsted Avenue overpass awaiting their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring an empty Inland Steel coal train west on a cold winter day. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of black and orange first-generation switchers await their next assignment at Blue Island Yard. The IHB's fleet would consist entirely of switchers until the late 1990s. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of 1940's vintage Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring a pair of brand new Santa Fe GP60Ms from the EMD plant in Ontario for delivery to their owner at Hodgkins. Tom Golden photo.

A meet occurs near Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN. We have an eastbound Harbor transfer with a mix of IHB goodies and a westbound BNSF vehicle train with an SD70ACe and a "Grinstein" SD70M... (more)

As a Harbor SW9 brings a string of coil cars south toward the junction east of the Gibson Yard roundhouse, a CMNW coal train transitions from the east-west IHB main to the north-south Conrail Kank... (more)

The Argo 920 local pulls some loaded coal cars out of the small yard in La Grange.

A pair of IHB GP40-2s head light through Franklin Park, heading the short distance to Norpaul Yard.

A trio of the IHB's famed EMD end-cab switchers heads eastbound through the Calumet Park junction with a cut of empty coil cars bound for the nearby Northwest Indiana steel mills. The IHB was kno... (more)

A former Santa Fe caboose, IHB 75 brings up the rear of an eastbound locomotive move consisting of more than 15 new Boston & Maine GP40-2s. Built nearby at EMD's LaGrange (Illinois) plant, the ne... (more)

A pair of the highly sought after IHB SD20's meet the sunrise as they swing around the curve approaching CP Calumet Park.