Oftentimes when their Chicago Line would be out of service, Conrail would use the IHB mainline several miles to the south for detour traffic. This would be the case with this eastbound stack trai... (more)

In its first month of operation, a westbound Conrail freight passes by Hohman Tower on the IHB with a consist comprising two Penn Central U-Boats bracketing a Reading Century. Tom Golden photo.

Wonder how the flour and sugar for your bread and Twinkies gets to the bakery? Believe it or not, oftentimes by rail! An airslide hopper with lettering for Hostess products is seen passing throu... (more)

KCS 4029 leads BA8 west through Hohman Ave.

Four South Shore geeps lead a manifest west through Hammond.

A healthy sized South Shore freight heads downhill into Hammond as the 4 GP38-2's begin to smoke it up.

A pair of new Conrail widecab GEs are on the east end of the IHB's Gibson Yard as they transition off the Kankakee Line. Tom Golden photo.

As seen from State Line Tower, N&W's bicentennial SD45 heads north toward Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of N&W SD45s bring a freight passed State Line Tower. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

One of IHB's new ex-NS geeps pulls autoracks past CP Columbia for headroom.

With track work ongoing at the former NKP diamonds, a pair of IHB SW1500s bring a string of autoracks west across the mainlines at Hohman Interlocking. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Union Pacific GE's make a reverse move into the Indiana Harbor Belt's Gibson Yard to pick up a train of autoracks to bring west. Meanwhile, one of the IHB's CNG switchers drills auto car... (more)

IHB RF15DF 1508 switches the West end of Gibson Yard.

NS GP33ECO 4705 leads a local west past an old NKP milepost marker in Hammond.