Pullman Junction on Chicago's South Side was where the Belt Railway of Chicago, Rock Island, and Norfolk & Western all connected. This was a unique interlocking where crossing gates were used to ... (more)
On an overcast summer afternoon, a piece of blue and yellow Santa Fe Maintenance of Way equipment is seen traversing through the weeds at 21st Street Interlocking. Tom Golden photo.
Led by a former Penn Central SW1, a pair of Superliners head south from Union Station through the jungle of switches outside the former CB&Q Railway Express Agency building. Tom Golden photo.
An Amtrak P30CH leads a four-car train heading east on the Illinois Central Gulf at 16th Street Interlocking. This junction is where the north-south Rock Island line met the east-west Illinois Ce... (more)
An A-B-A-A set of Amtrak E-units leads a northbound train along the former Monon/C&O line through Hammond. This line was abandoned in the 1980s and developed into a bike trail and is possibly sla... (more)
A Phase II-painted E-unit leads a trio of Phase I-painted siblings on a northbound passenger train past the former CB&Q freight warehouse as the train nears Union Station. Tom Golden photo.
With Union Station and the Railway Express Agency buildings in the background, an Amtrak train is seen heading south from downtown Chicago. Tom Golden photo.
With it's Seaboard Coast Line colors bleeding through, a renumbered GP40 leads a string of Chessie System EMDs on a lite engine move headed for nearby Barr Yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.
Seen wearing the "Bankruptcy Blue" paint scheme, a Gallon hi-rail crane, backhoe, and other Maintenance of Way equipment is seen at Vermont Street in Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.
One of Rock Island's F-units is seen at the 95th Street Yard service track awaiting its next assignment. Tom Golden photo.
N&W 611 is seen pounding the NS/IHB diamonds at Hohman Avenue in Hammond on a passenger special bound for Fort Wayne. Tom Golden photo.
N&W 611 is seen heading east across 169th Street in Hammond on a passenger special bound for Fort Wayne. Tom Golden photo.
A Conrail SD50 and SD40-2 bring a manifest train west along the Indiana Harbor Belt in Hammond. Tom Golden photo.
A four-pack of Conrail SD50s lead a westbound APL stack train west along the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.
A Conrail GP35 leads a CNW SD40-2 and UP SD40-2 on an eastbound coal train on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.
