The Belt Railway of Chicago's North Outside Industry job (NOSI) departs Charter Steel with its sizable pickup, on a day where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. BRC GP38-2 #581 is in charge, inste... (more)
The Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday North Outside Industry Job (NOSI) spots cars at Charter Steel on a extremely hot summer afternoon with a BRC GP38-2 before switching Best Foods and Home Products on t... (more)
BRC 581 works a pulldown at Clearing Yard.
BRC GP38-2 581 smokes it as it pulls out the east end of Clearing with a puilldown. To the left a BRC ECO shoves another pulldown back. In the distance you can see the massive hump yard.
The Corn Products transfer waits for a new crew to yard the train just west of Harlem Ave.
The Belt's 8AM transfer departs Clearing with BRC GP38-2 581 and a leased Helm SD45 trailing with a decently sized train for the CN's Glen Yard on the old GM&O. An actual caboose trailed the train... (more)
Outbound BRC train led by a BRC geep and an ex SP SD45, this train also had a caboose!
Belt Railway of Chicago engine house tracks
A clear sunrise over Lake Michigan finds BRC 581 and a former Conrail unit awaiting a switching crew.
A lone Belt Railway of Chicago geep idles at the KCBX coal terminal on the far southeast side of Chicago.
BRC 581 working in Clearing yard on a cold February day
BRC 581 & 583 working the east end of the BRC today.