IHB 1520 and PB1 work the yard as other IHB and NS units idle
An ex-BN SD40 leads a mixed bag of leased power north across Broadway St. on the IHB.
Late afternoon light reflects off the silver paint of a Warbonnet B40-8W as it leads a mixed freight through the junction on IHB tracks.
A single IHB geep leads a short freight toward Blue Island Yard.
Metra 1579 sits at Blue Island at the end of the Blue Island Branch Line ready to head north again. Seen from just beyond the end of the line...
Metra 103 pulls through the station after a momentary stop to pick up crew members as it deadheads back downtown...
Metra 412 pulls south into the station as a passenger waits for the northbound...
Central Kansas 903 with LLPX 177 and CRL 15 ease up to the Metra station as they switch the industry along Metra's Blue Island Yard...
IHB 1509 switches the yard...
3 IAIS GP38-2s have 2 ex-Soo Line GP-9s in tow as they wait for an outbound Metra to clear before departing Chicago for Council Bluffs.
IHB 1500 sits in the yard as a couple of mechanics check it over...
Metra 1579 sits at the station - end of the line for the Blue Island branch...
Iowa Interstate 714 on the point of a transfer move at Blue Island is profiled.
