The North Outside Industry job, better known as NOSI, makes its way south across the diamonds with the former Illinois Central at Hawthorne. The train consists of cars from Charter Steel and Best ... (more)

All sorts of interchange action has occurred at the B&OCT's Barr Yard. While the BRC brings in its train from Clearing Yard, lite sets of power from the Santa Fe (Corwith Yard) and ICG (Markham Y... (more)

As BRC's "NOSI" job slowly rolls up to the red signal at 31st Street Interlocking with MP15AC #151 leading, CSX train Y121 prepares to cross over with a CSX GP40-2 in charge. NOSI recent... (more)

The inbound Belt Railway of Chicago transfer is in the last miles of its trip to deliver to the B&OCT's Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

The extremely short-lived Mon-Wed-Fri 100th St. local assignment shoves 31 cement hoppers up the BRC's South Chicago Industrial Lead, toward Commercial Avenue Yard. An unseasonably warm day and my... (more)

The Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard is one of the biggest yards around. With constant action, the yard is 5.5 miles in length and houses over 250 miles worth of trackage. It's also one of ... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

After working Charter Steel and Best Foods all day, the BRC Industry Job (BRC NOSI) just finishes its work at Best Foods and makes a very quick trip south from Best Foods, right across the Chicago... (more)

The RC operator stands on the front porch of GP23ECO BRC 230 as he works a pull down job at the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard in Chicago, Illinois. BRC 230 was originally built as a GP40... (more)

Heading southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt main line, a Belt Railway of Chicago freight is about duck under the Burlington Northern three-track main line at La Grange, Illinois, late in the day... (more)

A TR4 cow-calf set is seen moving lite around the BRC's Clearing Yard. Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

Hawthorne is the location where the BRC Kenton Line and the CN Freeport Sub cross. After working Best Foods, the BRC's NOSI industrial job heads for the next location of Home Products in Chicago, ... (more)

The BRC 7am Transfer returns from Ingredion in Argo with 103 cars for Clearing Yard. The train is seen from the Harlem Ave overpass as a CSX stack train departs Bedford Park.