IHB 4017 departs Blue Island yard with a Westbound manifest.

Old Diesels and Fallen Flags

Indiana Harbor Belt 8739 rusts away in the company of Conrail and Wisconsin Central locomotives on a cold and rainy night at the Larry's Truck ... (more)

IHB 1509, an SW1500 painted in the Harbor's retro paint scheme, switches Buckeye Terminals on a nice morning. 1509 was built new for the IHB in 1966 as #9206.

IHB 4021 and 2021 lead a cut of cars out of Blue Island Yard. Once clear, they'll begin the shove move over the hump.

Indiana Harbor Belt caboose #31 is performing its shoving duties into Blue Island Yard for the 515 Job this afternoon. During better years, the stripes on this veteran caboose were a much nicer sh... (more)

The sun barely pokes through a small gap in the clouds while IHB 115 hops onto the NS Chicago Line for Burns Harbor with the usual duo of IHB GP40-3’s. The historic Inland Steel Office Building ... (more)

In charge of a transfer from Blue Island Yard, IHB's "Salutes our Troops" unit makes its way around the connection to the UP Villa Grove Sub in Dolton. The train is slowly making its way... (more)

An IHB Blue Island hump job is seen shoving the last of its cut over the hump at Blue Island Yard.

IHB's Blue Island hump job is seen stretched out to the CSX diamonds at CP Harvey.

The IHB's Blue Island hump job has just cleared the diamond in Dixmoor, Illinois as they shove a long cut of cars up and over the hump. A GP40-2LW has been paired with a slug built from a converte... (more)

A South Shore coal train for Burns Harbor is seen passing a slow moving IHB job 115 at Ogden Dunes.

IHB SD38-2 3861 is in charge of a westbound freight at Cottage Grove Avenue (CP 98) in Dolton. Trailing is GP40-2 4018, GP40P-2 4010 and GP40-2 4012. 4010 is of Southern Pacific heritage and one o... (more)

IHB 5629 and 4017 are in charge of a westbound transfer out of Blue Island Yard as they cross the CSX Chicago Heights Sub at Harvey Junction. 5629 was built for the Penn Central in 1971. It spent ... (more)

IHB 1502, 4021 and 2021 prepare to shove their last three cars over the hump at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale. All three units wear the IHB's updated retro scheme.

An IHB train waits for clearance across the diamonds in Dolton on beautiful winter day.