A IHB local idels away just outside Mittal Steel.

The South Shore local heads east through East Chicago on its way to Barr Yard.

With a KCS Belle 3rd out, U994 pounds down CSX rails for points east.

Q 381, westbound on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline, approaches the Calumet Junction diamonds with a BNSF 6 pack up front that includes four brand new ES44DCs in tow.

Two wide-cab CSX EMDs lead a doublestack train west to Bedford Park.

NW2 8814 has just recieved clearance to roll north crossing the CSX main and into the IHB East Chicago Yard.

A rare NW2 rolls northbound past Calumet Tower on a cool fall evening in northwest Indiana.

This hot CSX intermodal train sits just east of Calumet Junction waiting for cross traffic and a track gang to clear before proceeding west.

Twin IHB GP40-2s put on a coloful show as they approach light out of Michigan Avenue Yard on the Kankakee Line, heading south past the junction's still-operational interlocking tower.

Rolling through East Chicago at the head of her westbound coal freight, #9261's bold shape and color offer a striking contrast to the surrounding landscape on this hazy September afternoon.

UP #8339 leads her westbound mixed freight across the Calumet Junction diamonds on the CSX ex-B&OCT mailine, scattering a local flock of pigeons in the process.

An uncommon sighting here: two of Mittal Steel's molten-iron bottle trains meet on the Kankakee Line in the gritty Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago. #4608's train is holding northbound whil... (more)