A six-pack of Grand Trunk Western Geeps heads south across the Cal Sag Channel as they pound the diamonds at Blue Island Junction. Tom Golden photo.

A high-hood N&W SD45 is the leader as a trio of EMDs heads west along the former Nickel Plate mainline toward Calumet Yard in Chicago. The train is about to cross 165th Street in Hammond while th... (more)

With North America's largest interlocking tower in the background, N&W 1218 works its way south (railroad east) along the former Nickel Plate main on a passenger special. Tom Golden photo.

Running long-hood forward, a former Southern GP50 leads a six-axle GE and EMD westbound along the former Nickel Plate Chicago to Fort Wayne mainline. Tom Golden photo.

Osborn Interlocking in Hammond is where the Indiana Harbor Belt's Kankakee Line crosses the former Nickel Plate Chicago to Fort Wayne mainline. Just west of the interlocking, Osborn Yard is a sma... (more)

As a result of a Chicagoland blizzard, the South Shore lost electric service along part of its territory from Chicago to South Bend. To keep commuters moving, the railroad borrowed several diesel... (more)

A sharp looking MPI rebuild leads a trio of Southern Pacific EMDs on an eastbound coal train on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of CNW EMDs leads a pair of CSX EMDs on a severely delayed "Night Crawler," the nightly transfer between CNW's Proviso Yard and CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

A Burlington Northern U30C and SD40-2 head west on Conrail's Chicago Line after a February snowfall. Tom Golden photo.

An EMD test set consisting of a SDP40F, passenger test car, A-B F-unit set, and SD45 demonstrator are seen traversing the ICG mainline. Tom Golden photo.

CSX's business train locomotive fleet are seen at Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of six-axle EMDs leads a stack train on the former New York Central-portion of Conrail's Chicago Line. Tom Golden photo.

A SD50 leads a C40-8W on an eastbound train operating on Conrail's former Penn Central Chicago to Buffalo route. Tom Golden photo.

Running long hood forward, a Norfolk Southern high hood Geep leads a set of EMD units painted in N&W and SOU schemes east through downtown Hammond. Note the crossing guard shantys that were preva... (more)

With many railfans capturing the action on the ground, Southern 4501 begins to work its way south from LaSalle Street station along the Rock Island main as its cloud of steam and the Chicago skyli... (more)