Uncommon flatcar loads are heading west through La Porte Indiana. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

A classic example of a standard gondola's capacity. Seen here with a unique load as it is being shoved and set out on a siding.

Derailment Site. At approximately 11:30 am on Friday 3-8-19, for reasons unknown at this time, eight cars of fifty six car NS westbound train B08 derailed in rural La Porte county IN near milepost... (more)

A unique load on the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Porter Line in 1977. The placard reads "Do Not Hump".

A classy and colorful caboose is at the rear of a manifest freight as it rolls west through Griffith almost thirty nine years ago, just east of the famous Broad street tower. Gotta love those spru... (more)

A derailment occurred when eight car NICTD train 701 picked a switch at approximately 0500 hrs near the Carroll avenue station in Michigan City Indiana. Passengers had not yet boarded and thankful... (more)

Photo was taken through an open window from inside the interlocking tower in 1979. The westbound train is passing through Willow Creek Junction on the Garrett Subdivision. I thought the old B&O ca... (more)

A derailment occurred when eight car NICTD train 701 picked a switch after leaving the yard around 5:05 am. Passengers had not yet boarded and thankfully there were no injuries.

Photographer unknown. Image scanned from a slide that was purchased at a Chicagoland train show in the mid 1970s. The scene appears to be from the early to mid 1960s era.

My sons Mike and Jeff tagged along with their railfan Dad about ninety percent of the time when they were young, and I enjoyed every minute. They're both avid railfans to this day. Seen here at th... (more)

Freshly painted NICTD unit 1000 waits for its next assignment on the South Shore Line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

Rolling westward in 1979 on the B&O Garrett Subdivision and crossing the former NYC Michigan Central Porter Branch at Willow Creek Junction. Photo taken from inside the interlocking tower.

One of many Norfolk Southern trains with John Deere machinery in the consist heads east on the Chicago Line. At least six of these trains have passed through northwest Indiana within the last ten ... (more)

At 88' 10" in length the monstrous freight motor is holding the siding just east of Goff Junction, on the east side of Gary, almost thirty six years ago. A morning interurban commuter train w... (more)

CSS SD38-2 804 cruises down snow covered 10th street, as a postal worker delivers the morning mail seemingly oblivious to the presence of the massive EMD unit.