The oil business is booming and railroads are scrambling for power. At the east end of IHB's Gibson Yard, CP oil loads for the NS roll past the roundhouse with a rather colorful consist.
A meet occurs near Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN. We have an eastbound Harbor transfer with a mix of IHB goodies and a westbound BNSF vehicle train with an SD70ACe and a "Grinstein" SD70M... (more)
It's a classic Nickel Plate scene as the "Berkshire" passes a NKP tri-light signal in Hammond, IN.
Passing by an old NKP trilight still in service, NKP 765 leads NS 956 towards Calumet Yard
Amtrak #364, The International Limited, is seen making a stop at the Hammond/Whiting Amtrak station in the summer of 1989. Tom Golden photo.
As a Harbor SW9 brings a string of coil cars south toward the junction east of the Gibson Yard roundhouse, a CMNW coal train transitions from the east-west IHB main to the north-south Conrail Kank... (more)
This attractive CITX leaser has been assigned to the switching duties of Gibson Yard's west end.
A trio of Conrail Geeps brings an APL stack train east along the IHB mainline to Conrail's north-south Kankakee Line. The IHB's roundhouse and coaling tower at Gibson Yard are in the background. ... (more)
BNSF SD70MAC 9842 departs Gibson Yard with a westbound auto train.
Sun goes down on Chicago Land as the A451 waits to get into Gibson Yard.