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Title: |
IHB NW2 8811 |
Description: |
One of IHB's three or four remaining 1949-vintage NW2s, #8811 pullp onto the IHB mainline with a cut of autorack cars just west of Hohman Ave. Junction at the IN/IL state border. |
Photo Date: |
4/15/2006 Upload Date: 7/10/2006 12:57:01 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 8811(NW2) |
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756 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CSX CW44AC #524 |
Description: |
Holding with her westbound coal freight on the IHB mainline at the former Gary & Western Railroad yard. |
Photo Date: |
5/21/2006 Upload Date: 8/27/2006 2:30:48 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 524(AC44CW) |
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354 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP Power |
Description: |
C44AC #6579 and SD9043AC 8030 are seen holding northbound on the NS portion of the Kankakee Line with a short cut of hopper cars. They're parked beneath the 169th St. overpass. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/2006 Upload Date: 10/19/2006 10:22:08 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6579(AC44CW) UP 8030(SD9043MAC) |
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513 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Osborn Junction |
Description: |
NS C40-9 #8769 & SD70M-2 #2728 lead a mixed freight east through Osborn Junction on the ex-NKP mainline. This junction is where the n/s Kankakee Line crosses the NKP. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2006 Upload Date: 10/22/2006 5:23:20 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8769(C40-9) NS 2728(SD70M-2) |
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605 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP SD9043ACs |
Description: |
Having come off the CSX Porter Branch, UP SD9043ACs #8053 and 8031 hold with their westbound coal freight on the IHB mainline at the IHB transfer-yard area. |
Photo Date: |
9/30/2006 Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:01:56 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
UP 8053(SD9043MAC) UP 8031(SD9043MAC) |
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379 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS GPs |
Description: |
High-nose GP38-2 #5047 and Whiteface GP40-2 #3028 pull a cut of cars out of a local industry and onto an ex-NKP-mainline runner track near 165th St. |
Photo Date: |
10/8/2006 Upload Date: 11/26/2006 2:28:17 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 5047(GP38-2) NS 3028(GP40-2) |
Views: |
566 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
BNSF Meet |
Description: |
C44-9Ws #4409 and 5058 meet with their respective trains on the ex-Nickel Plate mainline. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2006 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 6:29:56 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 4409(C44-9W) BNSF 5058(C44-9W) |
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516 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IHB SW1500 1508 |
Description: |
#1508 shoves a cut of autorack cars into the IHB transfer yard east of Gibson Junction. |
Photo Date: |
11/24/2006 Upload Date: 3/31/2007 9:30:58 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 1508(SW1500) |
Views: |
445 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CBNS GP50 5004 |
Description: |
Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway (ex-BN) #5004 heads east on the IHB mainline at Hammond, IN. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2006 Upload Date: 3/31/2007 9:33:43 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
CBNS 5004(GP50) |
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450 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 5356 and Bottle Train |
Description: |
Leading her molten-iron bottle train south on the Kankakee Line, GP38-2 #5356 approaches Gibson Junction where she'll access the IHB mainline and head west to Riverdale, IL. |
Photo Date: |
4/29/2007 Upload Date: 5/27/2007 8:36:16 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 5356(GP38-2) |
Views: |
444 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Broken UP Coal Freight |
Description: |
UP SD9043MAC #8133 holds on the Kankakee Line with two sister locos and a small portion of her nortthbound coal freight - the remainder of which is visible in the distance. The train was broken to prevent blockage of grade crossings. |
Photo Date: |
4/29/2007 Upload Date: 5/27/2007 8:38:49 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
UP 8133(SD9043MAC) UP 6687(AC44CW) UP 7301(AC4460CW) |
Views: |
567 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 9599 |
Description: |
#9599 leads her mixed freight south on the Indiana Harbor Belt portion of the Kankakee Line. She's on approach to Gibson Junction and the IHB's Gibson shops area. |
Photo Date: |
5/3/2007 Upload Date: 6/3/2007 3:42:03 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
CP 9599(AC44CW) |
Views: |
403 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Osborn Junction |
Description: |
NS C40-9W #9953 hits the ex-NKP-main/Kankakee-Line diamonds with her eastbound manifest at Osborn Junction. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2007 9:19:12 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9953(C40-9W) |
Views: |
359 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CF&E 3883 |
Description: |
Chicago,Fort Wayne & Eastern GP38-2 #3883 idles at the head of her mixed freight while waiting for clearance on the IHB mainline. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/2007 Upload Date: 6/27/2007 8:03:07 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
CFE 3883(GP38-2) |
Views: |
736 Comments: 5 |
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Title: |
Warbonnet on the ex-NKP |
Description: |
BNSF Warbonnet C40-8W #901 crosses the Osborn Junction diamond with a westbound double-stack train. |
Photo Date: |
6/27/2007 Upload Date: 8/12/2007 6:06:36 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 901(C40-8W) |
Views: |
368 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Early Morning Intermodal |
Description: |
NS C40-8W #8430 leads an eastbound intermodal through Hammond on the ex-NKP mainline at 7:30 a.m. |
Photo Date: |
6/30/2007 Upload Date: 9/1/2007 12:52:14 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8430(C40-8W) |
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179 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IHB Motive Power |
Description: |
A sampling of IHB motive power on display behind the Gibson shops-area roundhouse. |
Photo Date: |
7/12/2007 Upload Date: 8/26/2007 12:26:03 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 3862(SD38-2) IHB 2920(SD20) IHB 4015(GP40-2) |
Views: |
854 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS GP50 7085 |
Description: |
#7085 is running light northbound on the ex-NKP main; she's crossing the NS/IHB diamonds at Hohman Ave. Junction. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2007 Upload Date: 8/12/2007 8:00:11 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 7085(GP50) |
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332 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF Coal Train |
Description: |
Rolling south out of East Chicago on the Kankakee Line, BNSF #5145's coal train enters IHB's Gibson Junction. |
Photo Date: |
7/22/2007 Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:51:02 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 5145(C44-9W) |
Views: |
317 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS Geep 5042 |
Description: |
#5052 idles on the ex-NKP mainline just east of Indianapolis Blvd. in Woodmar. |
Photo Date: |
7/22/2007 Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:47:22 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 5042(GP38-2) |
Views: |
331 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS Frieght on the ex-Nickel Plate |
Description: |
NS B32-8s 3532 & 3540 lead a mixed freight east through Hessville on the ex-NKP mainline. The traln is coming off the Kankake Line at Osborn Junction and is crossing Kennedy Avenue. |
Photo Date: |
7/29/2007 Upload Date: 8/21/2007 8:20:06 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3530(B32-8) NS 3540(B32-8) |
Views: |
543 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mittal Steel Bottle Train |
Description: |
NS #3031 heads south across the Grand Calumet River Bridge into Hammond with her long bottle train. The river marks the boundary between Hammond and East Chicago. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2007 Upload Date: 1/2/2008 6:46:58 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3031(GP40-2) |
Views: |
482 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IHB SD20s 2924 & 2925 |
Description: |
Idling on the Kankakee Line just north of Gibson Junction. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2007 Upload Date: 1/10/2008 8:33:50 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 2924(SD20) IHB 2925(SD20) |
Views: |
499 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS Manifest on the NKP |
Description: |
Slightly blurred by heat-wave distortion, an eastbound mixed freight led by new NS SD70M-2 #2678 approaches Osborn Junction on the ex-NKP mainline. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2007 Upload Date: 1/5/2008 3:40:56 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 2678(SD70M-2) |
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389 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS B32-8s |
Description: |
Twin NS B32-8s #3548 & 3545 lead a slow mixed freight north through Hessville on the Kankakee Line. They're approaching Gibson Juncton and are about to cross 161st Street. |
Photo Date: |
9/22/2007 Upload Date: 1/7/2008 5:23:23 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3548(B32-8) NS 3545(B32-8) |
Views: |
419 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS Crew Change |
Description: |
NS B32-8 #3547 and her southbound manifest hold for a crew change on the Kankakee Line at Gibson Junction. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2007 Upload Date: 11/13/2007 10:24:52 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3547(B32-8) |
Views: |
414 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 5027 |
Description: |
GP38-2 #5027 jockeys a string of steel-coil cars in Colehour Yard- at the Indiana/Illinois border. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2007 Upload Date: 12/16/2007 2:38:32 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 5027(GP38-2) |
Views: |
368 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Eastbound NS Manifest |
Description: |
The sun is getting low on this late October afternoon as NS #9035 approaches the Chicago Line's Calumet Ave. crossing with an eastbound manifest. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2007 Upload Date: 5/4/2008 6:25:13 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9035(C40-9W) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Through Osborn Junction |
Description: |
A mixed freight led by NS ex-CR #8399 lumbers slowly northward through Osborn Junction on the Kankakee Line. |
Photo Date: |
3/29/2008 Upload Date: 6/6/2008 5:03:30 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8399(C40-8W) |
Views: |
320 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
State Line Junction [a] |
Description: |
The main portion of what remains of this once incredibly complex and busy juntion. THe view is looking north along the IHB banch line. The CSX (ex-B&O), NS (ex-NKP), and SouthShore/NICTD-interurban mainlines are visible. |
Photo Date: |
3/29/2008 Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:46:36 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
State Line Junciton [b] - a closer look |
Description: |
A closer view of the junction area. A portion of the small IHB yard is visible to the north arcoss Gostlin St; and the old Taylor Chain plant's smokestack is obviously still standing. |
Photo Date: |
3/29/2008 Upload Date: 6/6/2008 4:50:32 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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138 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IHB SW1500 1516 |
Description: |
A closer look at #1516 |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2008 Upload Date: 6/5/2008 11:52:32 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 1516(SW1500) |
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298 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Autoracks |
Description: |
IHB SW1500 #1516 works a string of autoracks near the Gibson Yard western terminus. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2008 Upload Date: 6/5/2008 11:39:08 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 1516(SW1500) |
Views: |
286 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Building a Train |
Description: |
NS #9549 creeps east across the IN/IL border while building her train in nearby Colehour Yard. |
Photo Date: |
5/31/2008 Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:15:52 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
An NS Meet |
Description: |
NS trains meet on the ex-Pennsy tracks near the IN/IL border. |
Photo Date: |
5/31/2008 Upload Date: 6/4/2008 12:18:42 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) NS 9138(C40-9W) |
Views: |
332 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Chicago South Shore Line |
Description: |
South Shore Line (NICTD) MU #37 leads an interurban west out of the Hammond station at the Dearborn Street crossing. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/10/2008 11:26:03 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NICD 37(Electric M.U.) |
Views: |
200 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CSX 2571 |
Description: |
#2571 is holding with her westbound manifest just east of Calumet Avenue on the CSX-exBOCT mainline. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/11/2008 1:14:33 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2571(GP38-2) |
Views: |
364 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IHB Mixed Frieght |
Description: |
#4016 rolls a mixed freight west on the IHB mainline along Plummer Street near the IN/IL border. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 1:09:27 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
IHB 4016(GP40-2) |
Views: |
307 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS Manifest |
Description: |
This NS mixed freight, led by a pair of B32-8s, winds its way through Gibson Junction and enters the Kankakee Line northbound towards East Chicago. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/17/2008 1:19:31 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3561(B32-8) NS 3548(B32-8) |
Views: |
170 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS GP40-2 3017 |
Description: |
Parked on an Indiana Harbor Belt spur near Osborn Junction. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 7/6/2008 3:30:33 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3017(GP40-2) |
Views: |
392 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Mittal-NS Bottle Train |
Description: |
#4608 heads south out of East Chicago toward Gibson Junction on the Kanakee Line with a molten-iron bottle traind destined for Riverdale. IL. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/10/2008 11:35:31 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
NS 4608(GP59) |
Views: |
345 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
2-part UP Empty Coal Train |
Description: |
UP 5764 & ex-SP 6400 idle with the front section of an empty coal train; they're on the Kankakee Line just south of Osborn Junction. The train has been broken to clear grade crossings to the south. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 8:35:58 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 5764(AC44CWCTE) UP 6400(AC44CW) |
Views: |
349 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
5764 Holding |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 8:38:40 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 5764(AC44CWCTE) |
Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP ex-SP 6400 |
Description: |
Holding with sister 5764. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2008 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 8:40:22 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6400(AC44CW) |
Views: |
303 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 4 Pack |
Description: |
A 4-unit NS consist (3 C40-9Ws and a GEVO) idles on a connector between the IHB's Kankakee Line and some NS ex-NKP runner tracks |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2008 Upload Date: 7/11/2008 8:32:53 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9824(C40-9W) |
Views: |
134 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Westbound NS Intermodal |
Description: |
SD70M-2 #2754 leads her high-speed intermodal freight past the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/2008 Upload Date: 8/24/2008 10:19:00 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
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Locomotives: |
NS 2754(SD70M-2) |
Views: |
161 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
BNSF Manifest |
Description: |
BNSF #1001 on the point of a BNSF/NS 6 pack (seen earlier in a meet with IHB #1505 in East Chicago), leads her mixed freight south through IHB's Gibson Junction on the Kankakee Line. The train is still snaking past the Gibson shops area with it's 1906-vintage roundhouse. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/8/2008 1:33:18 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 1001(C44-9W) BNSF 6792(SD40-2) BNSF 925(C40-8W) BNSF 7822(SD40-2) NS 9047(C40-9W) NS 8713(C40-8) |
Views: |
911 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
WB CSX Coal Holding |
Description: |
Sittin' pretty on the IHB mainline. |
Photo Date: |
9/17/2008 Upload Date: 10/26/2008 6:28:40 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 445(AC44CW) CSX 8764(SD60M) |
Views: |
316 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS on the Nickel Plate |
Description: |
NS #9253 rolls her double-stack train west along the ex-NKP mainline at Osborn Junction. |
Photo Date: |
9/17/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 12:32:54 AM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9253(C40-9W) |
Views: |
169 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS Special |
Description: |
#9430 heads west on an ex-NKP-main runner track with research car #36 and caboose #48. |
Photo Date: |
10/4/2008 Upload Date: 10/6/2008 6:45:15 PM |
Location: |
Hammond, IN |
Author: |
Mike Rapchak Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9430(C40-9W) |
Views: |
411 Comments: 3 |
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