On a sunny Saturday morning in Dolton, the Bottle train slowly rolls east on the CSX Barr Subdivision, preparing to hop onto the IHB Main at the switch up ahead. The bottles are bound for Clevelan... (more)
Ice Cold Hot Bottles. Norfolk Southern Corp 5809 (GP38-3, née-SOU 7080, GP50) leads "The Bottle Train" through CP Gibson on the Indiana Harbor Belt in Hammond, Indiana on Saturda... (more)
NS GP60 7129 leads the bottle train east through East Chicago.
The "bottle train" arrives at IHB's Lakefront Yard with NS 5076, a high hood GP38-2 in charge.
NS high hood GP38-2s 5114 leads the bottle train east through Dolton Junction. This is definitely one of the most well known trains seen in Dolton.
NS GP38-2 5101 leads the bottle train north past the vintage Fork signal at CP 100.
A nice NS high hood GP38-2 leads the bottle train north on the IHB, approaching CP 502.
What's a trip to the IL/IN border without seeing the bottle train? As some CP power waits around for a crew out of Gibson to take over, the NS 5072 rolls by.
NS GP38-2 5129 leads the Bottle Train through the residential area of Hammond, Indiana.
Passing a Harbor SW1500 at Milepost 6, the Bottle train cruises east.
A high hood GP38-2 leads the "Bottle Train" under the NYC searchlights at Paxton Avenue.
The 'Crow' is seen here loading five bottle cars at Mittal's Cleveland blast furnace. The new Mittal sign looks very out of place on these old massive bottle cars, which in all likelihood entered ... (more)
NS 9562 leads the ISG bottle train through Dolton Junction.
Complete with a caboose and a FRED, the bottle train passes through busy Dolton Junction.
NS 1447 (CR Quality OLS) leads another NS GP15-1 1440, while a thrid GP15-1 1406 (in straight up CR paint, no quality) rolls by on the rear.
