Grounded! These units were embargoed while everybody decided the safety modifications needed to make them compliant with local regulations. Not carried on the Railpower catalog, the "DF&quo... (more)
Indiana Harbor Belt has four SW1500s (so far) rebuilt by Railpower Technologies into RP15BDF natural gas-powered locomotives in the early 2000s. Seen at the railroad’s Gibson Yard, IHB 1504 and... (more)
IHB RP15DF 1504 switches the east end of Gibson Yard.
A pair of IHB SW1500s head light into Michigan Ave yard.
A IHB local idels away just outside Mittal Steel.
An IHB transfer from State Line Yard to the South Shore freight yard in Burnham swings around the wye; note the catenary for CSS&SB passenger trains in the background.
IHB 1504 idles in Blue Island Yard.
Newly refurbished switcher in IHB's new livery at Gibson Yard.