XL Loads prepare to depart Bear Run Mine for Terre Haute.

The Palestine Turn is seen here arriving back at Hiawatha Yard just after sunrise.

Demonstrating the efficiency of Bear Run Mine's double-loop loadout configuration, a loaded INRD coal train bound for Wabash River Generating Station departs off the inside loop shortly after the ... (more)

Plying the streets of Bedford, INRD's road freight for Louisville rolls south. Who would have thought then that scenes like this would soon become but a memory...

Getting ready to load at Bear Run

INRD 4003 is bringing up the tail of an Indiana Eastern empty coal train as it rolls south towards Cottage Grove.

A Merom coal train runs north through Linton on the Chicago Sub. A derail on the Indy side at Linton prevented the train from making the usual west turn.

Quite a lash-up heads west on the CP after picking up 17 cars at River Junction.

What had to be the most extraordinary hi-wide move I’ve ever seen was what the INRD dubbed as the “Bucket Train”. The INRD had the task of transporting two dragline coal buckets from the Blackhaw... (more)

The southbound INRD train splits some Monon semaphores in the final days of the Hoosier Sub.

A pair of SD40's idle on the lead to the Bear Run Mine load out.

INRD's "last train to Bedford" makes the final northward run between Bedford and Crane. Earlier in the day the special train passed through here heading south with an engine on each end. At Bedfor... (more)

INRD's "last train to Bedford" makes the final northward run between Bedford and Crane. Earlier in the day the special train passed through here heading south with an engine on each end. At Bedfor... (more)

INRD 4003 leads a coal train on the Midland sub.

Indiana Railroad ran a train for VIPs to run the final run on the track to Bedford in the morning.In the afternoon,they toured the brand new lead to the Bear Creek Mine.This mine and trackage is a... (more)