The Chicago area's Indiana Harbor Belt keeps power all around town, and NW2 8734 was found hiding off in the weeds at CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale, IL, on September 21, 1997.

IHB 1521 and Power Booster 3 wait for some work to do.

An IHB transfer from Gibson Yard in Hammond heads west into the setting sun.

IHB 1509 rests on Labor Day 2009.

Labor Day morning 2009 and all is quiet, not a thing moving at Blue Island Yard.

IHB GP40-2's 4014 and 4013 roar through Blue Island, leading the CL1.

Built as MILW 2043 in 1954, this little 55 year old shoves around the wye at Osborne Jct.

The railroad with the unique nose hauls a Bensenville bound manifest (CL1 [?]) through the famous Blue Island junction. To give an idea of how active the line was, the manifest took 11 minutes to ... (more)

An IHB switcher/slug combo rolls through Blue Island crossing. The tower to left is fully responsible the operation of the crossing gates, making this probably the only manually operated grade-cro... (more)

IHB 1522 passes the Blue Island Crossing Tower at the junction.

IHB 3862 leads a northbound transfer through Blue Island Junction.