A pair of NS units lead a mixed train southbound on the Kankakee Line passed the still manned Calumet Tower.
Flat slab cars back into the plant's southernmost yard for reloading. INLX 150 will return in about 10 minutes with an ... (more)
INLX 150 pulls out to the edge of the steel plant with fiery fresh hot slabs of steel. The wind chill was about 20, but as this train pulled under the Pedestrian Bridge, I had no problem staying ... (more)
A NS bottle train transfer leaving the huge ArcelorMittal complex.
ArcelorMittal 150 scoots back into the depths of East Chicago Plant 1. According to railroad maps and satellite photos, there's a lot of trackage back there.
Numbered 121 on the long hood, and 1212 on the number boards ...
NS 3040 with empty bottles from ArcelorMittal East Chicago Plant 1 head south through Plant 2, which appears to be in a state of deconstruction (and my guess is that it's a Superfund site).
ArcelorMittal 150 has a new paint scheme to go with its latest merger. In under 10 years, this caterpillar-powered oddity has gone from Railroad: ArcelorMittalLocomotive: PLW SC15ALocation: East Chicago, Indiana, USALocomotive #: ATMX 150Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: March 01, 2008
A standard cab NS GE leads a CEFX leasor on a manifest rolling off the IHB At C.P. 501. The scenic Mittal Steel Mills clutter the background in this dungy industrial scene.
This NS transfer of almost all steel cars is headed for IHB yard just down the line. Passing this impressive tower, still in operation.
IHB and EJ&E locals work side by side in the shadow of the massive East Chicago steel mills.
After picking up rare bird IHB 2272 in Michigan Ave. Yard, IHB's Whiting Job strolls across the CSXT at Cal Tower.
A trio of J's attractive SD38-2's run light power back to Kirk after dropping their loaded coal train at the power plant.
Mittal 150 shuttles cars around the massive steel plant.
