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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Chugging under one of the Cline Avenue off ramps is Indiana Harbor Belt switcher with a long line of coil cars behind it. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:23:15 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
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215 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 curves slowly south on the Kankakee Line, also known as the "Egyptian Line" when it went to Cairo, IL at one time. Pat of the former Inland Steel plant, now ArcelorMittal, can be seen in the background with its maze of tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:23:50 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
445 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 now crosses the former Elgin Joliet and Eastern "lakefront branch, now part of Canadian National. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:24:00 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 approaches the extremely busy Norfolk Southern three mainlines that bisect the massive former Inland Steel, now part of the ArcelorMittal completx. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:24:11 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
192 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 now crosses the extremely busy Norfolk Southern three mainlines that host all kinds of freight traffic as well as many Amtrak routes from the east. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:24:21 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 continues on the IHB Kankakee Line curving south and once reached Cairo, IL, hence its nickname the "Egyptian Line." |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:35:26 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
228 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
"Rollin', rollin', rollin'. Keep those coil cars rolling . . . raw steel!" Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 continues southward on the IHB Kankakee Line (also know as the "Egyptian Line" when it reached Cairo, Il). |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IHB 1501 |
| Description: |
Through the forest of telephone and power poles, Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 1501 can be seen slowly heading south through another part of the former Inland Steel plant, now part of the ArcelorMittal complet. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:35:53 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 1501(SW1500) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coil cars line |
| Description: |
Now stretches the extremely long line of INLX coil cars that slowly roll along the Indiana Harbor Belt Kankakee Line south (aka "Egyptian Line") |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:36:23 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coil cars line |
| Description: |
The long line of INLX coil cars cross the extremely busy Norfolk Southern triple mainline track that bisects the former Inland Steel plant on its way to Chicago and points west. Note that the channel bridges are up at the moment in the background, thus blocking all NS traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:36:32 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
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| Views: |
95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coil cars line |
| Description: |
The line of INLX coil cars keeps rolling past on its way south on the Indiana Harbor Belt Kankakee Line. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:46:30 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coil cars line |
| Description: |
The long line of INLX coil cars still continues to cross the busy Norfolk Southern triple mainline. This went on for more than 15 minutes. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:46:40 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
101 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Coil cars line |
| Description: |
And the line of coil cars still continues on the Indiana Harbor Belt Kankakee Line (aka "Egyptian Line"" when it headed to Cairo, IL). |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:46:50 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
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73 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Finally, the end of the line |
| Description: |
The last eight cars of this extremely long line of INLX coil cars are these Conrail and Norfolk Southern covered coil cars, all heading south on the Indiana Harbor Belt Kankakee Line (aka "Egyptian Line"). |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/2012 Upload Date: 2/1/2012 6:47:00 AM |
| Location: |
East Chicago, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
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102 Comments: 0 |
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