As NS 34J waits for the signal to depart the 2 Lead, IHB 2924 and 3801 head west down the 5 Lead into Blue Island Yard.

Approaching Graselli Junction, a Michigan Avenue - Blue Island transfer heads south. One of the sharpest paint schemes around if you ask me.

Morning action at the east end of IHB's Blue Island Yard.

An old school IHB lash-up heads east under the New York Central searchlights in Calumet City, the last remaining searchlights on the entire IHB system.

Eastbound IHB local headed for Burnham Yard makes its way through a busy Cal Park.

IHB SW1500 1500 drills cars at the west end of Gibson Yard.

No trespassing on the IHB, in East Chicago I don't think a sign is going to keep people off the tracks.

A wide array of EMD power at Blue Island Yard includes SW1500s, NW2s, and GP50s awaiting their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Harbor NW2s, one in the latest black and orange scheme, is seen switching cars at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A Harbor switcher and booster unit are parked under the Halsted Avenue overpass awaiting their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring an empty Inland Steel coal train west on a cold winter day. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of black and orange first-generation switchers await their next assignment at Blue Island Yard. The IHB's fleet would consist entirely of switchers until the late 1990s. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of 1940's vintage Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring a pair of brand new Santa Fe GP60Ms from the EMD plant in Ontario for delivery to their owner at Hodgkins. Tom Golden photo.

A meet occurs near Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN. We have an eastbound Harbor transfer with a mix of IHB goodies and a westbound BNSF vehicle train with an SD70ACe and a "Grinstein" SD70M... (more)

As a Harbor SW9 brings a string of coil cars south toward the junction east of the Gibson Yard roundhouse, a CMNW coal train transitions from the east-west IHB main to the north-south Conrail Kank... (more)