CN SD70M-2 8826 leeds a ethanol train west through CP 501 of the NS Chicago Line.

Indiana Harbor Belt runs bottle trains from Cleveland-Cliffs (former Inland Steel and ArcelorMittal) steel mill in East Chicago and Cleveland-Cliffs smaller steel mill in Riverdale, IL. The Mill u... (more)

On a sunny and hot Independence Day morning, NS 34J heads past CP 100 about to get onto the NS Chicago Line to head to Elkhart with a Independence Day type consist, NS 8114 (Original NS) heritage ... (more)

Busy times at IHB’s Michigan Avenue as IHB 115 approaches Michigan Ave with a pair of light CSX GE’s. NS 5333 brings out B09’s train on the main, and IHB 2162 brings a pulldown job out of Mi... (more)

CMQ (CEFX) 1002 trails as rear DPU of NS 60P, passing the historic former Inland Steel office building in East Chicago.

A spotless DC to AC AC44C6M makes its way over the Grand Calumet River during the final moments of sunlight. Shortly after this photo, the train would begin its slow journey into IHB's Gibson Yard... (more)

A Mittal painted SW1500 makes moves through the Cleveland Cliffs' Indiana Harbor mill. The train consists of empty steel slabs.

A bottle train slowly makes its way into IHB's Lakefront Yard with an NS GP38-2 in charge. I’ve said it before, but photos don’t do justice for the size of Cleveland Cliffs’ (formerly Arcelo... (more)

In December of 2020, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc purchased ArcelorMittal's US operations for 1.4 billion. Not much has changed except for some signage being removed from the property. It's business as us... (more)

A pair of GP15-1s work hard to pull a string of loaded coke hoppers into the ArcelorMittal steel mill in East Chicago, Indiana.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube's bicentennial-painted Baldwin is on display outside of the company's East Chicago mill. Tom Golden photo.

A Little Spray Of Snow. As CSX 3411 (ET44AH) crosses the diamond in East Chicago, Indiana on the morning off Sunday, January 31, 2021, the snow that has already accumulated gets a push off ... (more)

A duo of ArcelorMittal GP15-1s work the former Mittal plant in East Chicago. Cleveland Cliffs recently took over operations here, but no changes to these two geeps yet.

ATMX GP15-1's 418 and 417 shove a train of empty NS coke cars over the Indiana Harbor Canal. The cars are headed into ArcelorMittal's plant for loading. These are the only two Mittal GP15-1's assi... (more)

A Mittal SW1500 shoves a bottle train into the massive East Chicago plant, shortly after it was delivered from Riverdale.