A caboose hop behind a pair of GP50s rolls north while a short switch job and track crew are in the distance.

A typical hot and hazy summer afternoon in the Chicago area finds the crew of this IHB switch job protecting the shove from the platform for a Conrail caboose. I'm sure this wasn't the IHB's most ... (more)

A pair of GP40-2's roll west through Dolton with an auto train.

Westbound CFE road freight pulls under the IC mainline and into IHB's Blue Island Yard.

A pair of MoPac transfer cabooses, 13865 and 13079, bring up the rear of a northbound yard job returning to Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.

Led by SD40-2 #6374 and a pair of U-Boats, a Conrail grain train is seen headed westbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Conrail SD50s are seen headed eastbound toward Indiana with a string of Pennsylvania Power and Light hoppers. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of CMNW Geeps brings a freight westbound through Dolton on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

In the mid-to-late 1970s, Reading 2101 was used along with C&O 614 for Chessie System passenger specials. The lovely lady is seen here in Chessie colors hauling a special along the B&OCT. Tom Go... (more)

A transfer makes its way out of Riverdale yard with a SD38-2 and SD20 through the west end of Dolton interlocking. The conductor has to throw all the switches manually due to signal upgrades that ... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

The date is September 15, 1985, and it may be Union Pacific by this time, but the locomotive tracks at Yard Center in Dolton, Illinois, sure look like Missouri Pacific. And not a yellow one to be ... (more)

Two westbounds await their signals at Cottage Grove Avenue in Dolton.