Looking on from the top of Tulip Trestle, INRD 9004 leads SAHW west over the 1905 built trestle. The bridge was built by the Indianapolis Southern Railroad which later became part of the Illinois ... (more)

The INRD Baker Turn runs north through Lewis, Indiana with "Honoring First Responders" INRD 4002 leading. The unincorporated town of Lewis was founded in 1838.

SAHW starts its trek to Jasonville with the INRD 9004 leading. The train is curving out of Senate Ave Yard which was once the Illinois Central's main Indianapolis yard.

A late running Palestine turn heads west through the Indiana countryside with INRD 302. The 302 has an unusual history compared to most of the roster as it was built as MKT 185, a straight GP40.

9 years after the 25th anniversary, INRD 9025 is still dressed up in her beautiful 25th scheme. One can spot the many similarities between the 9025's scheme and the warbonnet scheme.

INRD 9001 leads a loaded coal train around the loop at Bear Run as it begins the short trek to Merom. In the background is an old Peabody drag line made by Bucyrus-Erie.

A loaded INRD coal train sits waiting for a crew to take the black diamonds to the Merom Generating Station. You can see INRD 9001 behind the end of its train wrapped around the loop at Bear Run.

INRD 4006 returns to Bloomington after running out of ballast for the day. The branch to the quarry is usually always used after dark and is tough to shoot anything in decent light.

INRD 4006 splits a limestone cut north of Solsberry as the ballast dumping continues. Ballast was being laid today from milepost 64 to 68 before running out of it.

Monon history is finally shown as INRD 4001 heads through the old semaphore masts and codeline on the once glorious Monon. This location is Hunters siding and was once the Monon mainline from Mich... (more)

October 13, 2018 brought a very neat yet odd move to the INRD, a passenger run to Indianapolis Union Station. The INRD used the Frank Thomson, a beautiful PRR car, on one of their passenger specia... (more)

Over the past few weeks the Indiana Rail Road has experienced problems with a handful of their SD90's. This has resulted in some of the SD40's helping on the HWSA/SAHW trains. The fun ended today ... (more)

INRD 4004 coasts through the Indiana countryside as it leads its Terre Haute bound train through Keller. This stretch of railroad is ex Milwaukee Road.

INRD 3808 sits in Indy as the sun shines down. The train is waiting to go into the yard after working the Venture Logistics warehouse.

It's 10 minutes from sunset and the SAHW finally gets the go to head west out of Switz City. The power for today's train is INRD 4001 and 4006, two SD40-2's.