One of two Chicago-Valparaiso evening commuter trains makes a station stop in Hobart on the former PRR Fort Wayne line.

Conductor at work. Son Jeff observes, as the Chicago-Valparaiso commuter train makes a station stop in Hobart on the former PRR Fort Wayne line.

CR 3335 leads a westbound through Chesterton Indiana, on the Chicago Line, in 1984.

An Amtrak Turboliner rolls through the town of Porter, on the Michigan line, in 1978.

CSS freight motor 802 is seen working the EJ&E City Track connection on the east side of Gary at approximately 0900 hrs in September 1978.

An EMD SD60M leads a westbound tank car train through Ogden Dunes, at milepost 488 on the Chicago Line.

The conductor gets a breath of fresh autumnal air as he waits in the passing siding for his train to return from a switching move, in 1984.

Conductor Wally Harpp walks through the brush to the call box in order to obtain permission, and get the signal, to proceed across the EJ&E Porter Line with his westbound train, which is on the fo... (more)

A manifest freight rolls east through Willow Creek Junction on the Michigan Central (NYC) Porter Branch in 1979. The street crossing is Willow Creek Road and the rail crossing is the former Baltim... (more)

One of three N&W white stripe skunk units leads a manifest freight west on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line during the early era of Norfolk Southern. The Elgin Joliet & Eastern... (more)

A rare N&W GP38-2 (1 of 4) leads a manifest freight east through snow flurries on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1983, and it's about to slam across the Elgin Joliet & Eas... (more)

A GP9 leads the Speno train slowly westward on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1981.

Photo was taken through an open window from inside the interlocking tower in 1979. The westbound train is passing through Willow Creek Junction on the Garrett Subdivision. I thought the old B&O ca... (more)

The head brakeman is aligning the switch for a westbound manifest freight led by three E units, just east of the legendary Broad street tower. The C&O line is visible in the distance.

NS 9261 leads train 34G east through Ogden Dunes Indiana, at MP 488 on the Chicago Line.