A single Conrail GE, sporting the "Labor Management Project" decal on its nose, brings a stack train east on the Indiana Harbor Belt main. Tom Golden photo.

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)

A pair of Chicago Central Geeps bring a string of covered hoppers across the diamonds at Hayford Junction. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

American European Express, the predecessor to American Orient Express, was a luxury passenger service founded by William Spann, a Florida entrepreneur, in 1989. Rostering a pair of Geeps and a se... (more)

A pair of Warbonnet GEs bracket a pair of GP60Bs on a pig train passing by Joliet Union Station. Notice the paint already peeling off of the nose of the lead unit. Bob Zwiers photo.

A unique consist of a rebuilt Southern Pacific SD40, Santa Fe GE, Illinois Central SD70, and NRE (former Seaboard System) EMD bring a mixed freight past the Joliet Amtrak station. Tom Golden phot... (more)

A Conrail caboose hop heads west along the Indiana Harbor Belt with a trio of Geeps and a Penn Central caboose. Tom Golden photo.

A Regional Transit Authority (RTA) locomotive pulls a pair of bi-level coaches on the Rock Island line past the Vermont Street interlocking tower. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of Conrail Geeps brings an APL stack train east along the IHB mainline to Conrail's north-south Kankakee Line. The IHB's roundhouse and coaling tower at Gibson Yard are in the background. ... (more)

The early 1990s saw many Canadian Pacific freights in the Chicago area powered by MLW and ALCO products. A CP Century is captured here at the IHB's yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of GEs brings one of the Santa Fe's famed piggyback trains through McCook. Note the several Consolidated Freightways (CF) "pups" riding on spine cars at the front of the train. Tom Golden... (more)

A B40-8 leads a four-pack of EMDs on one of the Santa Fe's hot piggyback trains. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Santa Fe Geeps bracket a Conrail six-axle EMD as they bring a mixed freight eastward across the Cal Sag Channel on the Indiana Harbor Belt's mainline through Blue Island. Tom Golden pho... (more)

An EJ&E caboose hop consisting of a SD38 and SW1200 are seen on the city's south side. Tom Golden photo.