Elgin Joliet & Eastern purchased three orders of EMD SD38-2s, for a total of 13 locomotives. (Another seven SD38-2s were acquired from the Bessemer & Lake Erie.) The first engine of the second g... (more)

EJ&E 663 arrives home at Joliet as it makes its way down the "Run Thru" with the Smurfit Stone Job.

Welcome home! EJ&E SD38-2 663 is currently assigned to Joliet and has been leading various locals in the area. Today, it was in charge of the Smurfit Stone Job (L528). After working Smurfit a litt... (more)

The one and only EJ&E GP38-2 leads a light CN L508 into Shops Yard.

EJ&E 660 leads an eastbound through Hobart in 1978, on the "J" Porter Line branch at Water street.

EJ&E SD38-2 656 leads the oil local south into Joliet.

EJE 659 leads 3 other EMD’s South on the former EJ&E with a local.

Builders photo of the cab interior of EJ&E Baldwin #100. This is a companion photo to #689849. This is another photo that was attached to a letter to the C&NW to entice them into considering the b... (more)

Shortly after crossing the diamonds with the Indiana Harbor Belt at Argo/Canal, northbound R923 approaches Route 171 in Summit with a classic EJ&E/GTW lash-up.

Route of the "400" and tiger stripes? Builders photo of EJ&E #100, known as the Golden Goose. This photo was attached to a July, 1946 letter to C&NW's Chief Mechanical Engineer. It toute... (more)

R923 heads back to Glenn Yard after working the Argo industries all night. The attractive orange SD38 combo makes for a great catch in 2019.

A pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L516 east past the tower in Griffith, IN. Quite the blast from the past!

A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's lead L516 through Ivanhoe on a rainy and foggy afternoon in NW Indiana.

Just like it should've been! EJE 659 and 660 lead the L516 coil train out of the Griffith, Indiana yard and back to Kirk Yard up the road in Gary, Indiana. Here it passes the diamonds they once pa... (more)

CN who? A pair of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern SD38-2's, both still wearing the fan favorite orange with white chevrons, head west through Griffith, Indiana on a rainy afternoon.