• Mainline Views •
Pulling into BNSF's Cicero Yard
BNSF train at MP19 near Chicago Ridge
WB train at Thorton Road
Belt Railway train--featuring two Alco Centuries--on trackage rights at CP McCook
IHB train leaving B&OCT siding at 79th Street
Looking west (compass north) on number 1 main at 71st Street
Controlled siding under construction
Union Pacific auto rack train at Grasselli in East Chicago
Conrail and Canadian Pacific trains west (compass south) of Calumet Junction in East Chicago
At CP McCook on number 1 main
EJ&E train on the J's Whiting Branch at Calumet Junction
The IHB's Kankakee Line is at the far right; in front of the tower is CSX's B&OCT main
Heading east on the single main near Gibson Enginehouse
Looking west on the Miller Branch (Gary & Western) at Colfax Street in Gary
IHB's two SD38-2 units lead an auto rack train west from Gibson Yard.
3861 is a de-turboed SD40-2. Photo by Sam Beck
2920 hauls a transfer at Dolton in this wintry scene. Photo by Ryan Kertis
A local crosses the bridge over the Calumet Sag Channel at Blue Island.
Photo by Pete Zimmerman
A caboose hop passes through Franklin Park on its way back from Bensenville Yard.
Photo by Russ Strodtz.
In 2014 IHB leased two GP38-2s from CIT. Here, one of them leads a transfer at Gibson Jct.
Photo by Carl Barneyback
Just south of Grasselli, an SW1500 enters the ex-East Chicago Belt branch from the Kankakee Line.
Photo by Carl Barneyback