A four-pack of Santa Fe EMDs, including a cowl-unit, are seen headed through Blue Island Interlocking as they head toward the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.
A Western Maryland Geep leads a recently renumbered C&O Geep on a westbound freight out of Barr Yard. The C&O unit was previously leased to the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend and sported it... (more)
The Katy heritage unit brings up the rear of AGBRL as it clears up Blue Island interlocking.
Soo Line 767 leads former KCS and Milwaukee Road units on a grain train through Blue Island. Bill Raia photo.
UP SD70ACe 8631 leads a auto train east through Blue Island.
A set of highliners heads west down the Blue Island branch, approaching their final stop at Blue Island.
CN 2500 crosses the Calumet Sag Channel and rolls through Blue Island, IL on a hot June day.
The sun is minutes away from falling behind the trees as westbound stack train Q102 blows through Blue Island Junction.
A single UP SD70ACe leads autoracks through the busy Blue Island Junction in the late afternoon. In the short three hours we spent here, this location proved to be rather busy on both CSX and IHB,... (more)
UP 4376 leads a autorack train west through Blue Island Junction.
A solo Harbor genset struggles to get this local train moving west through Blue Island past the abandoned gate tower.
A IHB power move heads east past the now closed gate tower in Blue Island. The tower, which once controlled one of the last manually operated crossings in the country, was closed last year when CS... (more)
The Rock Island heritage unit shoves BISW to the IHB's Blue Island Yard, seconds away from rolling under its namesake line.