Eastbound Conrail leaving IHB's Blue Island Yard, approaching Dolton Tower.

A CSX mixed freight pulls southeast out of Barr Yard and turns south in front of the tower in Dolton.

An IHB manifest east waits just outside Blue Island yard, while another train powered by an SW1200 sits in the distance at the yard's edge

A southbound CSX train heading onto the connector in the northeast quadrant of the junction, to continue east.

Big horsepower on the Harbor Belt heading east over the diamonds: GP40P-2, SD20, GP40-2, slug + SW1500, SW1500.

It was almost an afterthought to turn and photograph this last movement at dusk in October of 1976, as two Louisville & Nashville U30 C's, with caboose 6370 in trail, hammer across the IHB and Che... (more)

Traffic is moving in all directions at Dolton as an eastbound IHB job heads for Hammond.

A southbound CSX freight negotiates the connection between the B&O and former C&EI rails at Dolton. The tower and reconfiguration of this important rail junction is scheduled to happen within the ... (more)

IHB GP40-2 4017 and BNSF 5472 come through Dolton side by side with their eastbound manifests.

Q139 seen here hitting the triple diamond (UP, CSX, IHB) at Dolton. Supposedly, this busy interlocking can see over 120 trains a day.

Nothing rare here; an IHB SD20, Warbonnet Dash 9 and H2 GEVO to date the picture.

UP AC4400CW 6539 with the lettering burned off the side leads a eastbound manifest through Dolton.

My first (and hopefully last) gate runner photo. A train had just cleared the crossing on the CSX (visible to right), and I guess this guy felt there was no chance any of the other three tracks co... (more)

Ducking under the CN/Metra, a CSXT auto train heads east. IHB transfers are visible in the distance.

BNSF Dash 9 5506 leads this westbound taconite train through Dolton Junction.