A trio of CSS EMD's lead the AF4 past the Ogden Dunes station with cars for the BRC at Commercial.
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A trio of CSS EMD's lead the AF4 past the Ogden Dunes station with cars for the BRC at Commercial.
A pair of CSS geeps bring the Belt Job (AF4?) west through Ogden Dunes & along Highway 12. 2004 sports a nice leslie while 2010 retains the maroon & gold scheme of the Louisville and Indiana Railroad. (sadly no PTC on 2010)
CSS AF4 rolls into Hammond after crossing over the ex-B&OCT as the hoarfrost tapers off.
CSS AF4 departs signal suspension limits as it rolls into Gary, the eastern terminus of South Shore Line interurbans at the time due to the Double Track NWI project, with two traction orange Geeps and 50 cars for the BRC.
CSS AF4 navigates the reverse-S curve leading through Miller on Gary's east side. The old station on the right was demolished late last year as part of the Double Track NWI project.
Now in Gary city limits, CSS AF4 approaches the west end of Wilson double track where it will meet an eastbound NICTD equipment move headed back to Shops.
CSS AF4 rolls through Ogden Dunes with about 50 cars for the BRC. As part of the Double Track NWI project, the station will receive high-level platforms.
CSS AF4 slowly rolls through the double-track crossover at 51.5 near Ogden Dunes. The signals are dark due to a signal suspension in place between Gary Metro and Bailly as part of the Double Track NWI project.
CSS AF4 rounds the bend out of Bailly behind 2009/2003 with Mike Polk at the throttle and fresh snow and hoarfrost on the ground from the previous night.
Early this year in the colder days of December 2022, South Shore Freight’s “Belt Job” or AF-4, hustles westbound with a short train for Belt Railway of Chicago’s Commercial Avenue Yard with a combo of CSS 805 (SD38-2) and CSS 2006 (GP38-2). Seen here dodging shadows and crossing the Calumet River on Chicago’s Eastside at 130th street in the final rays of sunlight before dipping into the clouds. Taken: 12-28-22
Since March of this year, this job now runs strictly at night due to the ongoing procedures of NICTD’s double track project…miss the good times.
Under fantastic sunny code blue skies, South Shore Freight’s “Belt Job” or train AF4, is heading west through Hegewisch, IL for Belt Railway of Chicago’s Commercial Avenue Yard with a pair of CSS GP38-2s (2006/2004) and cars from their own Bailly Yard. Seen here at “Big Blue” Bridge, swinging around the sweeping curve over the NS Chicago District in run 8, making the steep incline no match for the two veteran EMDs. Taken: 2-20-23
After some fresh snowy powder that was mostly gone by sunrise, a late afternoon South Shore “Belt Job” or AF4, heads west through Gary, IN along Interstate 90, enroute for Belt Railway of Chicago’s Commerical Avenue Yard. Seen here, CSS 2005 (GP38-2) and FURX 4223 (GP40-2) take charge of taking 27 cars up and down the curvy hill over the former EJ&E, now the CN Matteson Sub as they coast down in run 8 fashion. This is one of the bigger hills on the railroad, the railroad that Trains Magazine calls “Flat & forgiving” a name that fans and employees frankly just can’t stand to hear anymore. Taken: 2-16-23.
South Shore Freight’s daily manifest AF4 or “Belt Job” out of Bailly Yard heads west through downtown Hammond, IN as they wiggle through the snaking S curve just east of the Illinois State Line. CSS 805 (SD38-2) and CSS 2006 (GP38-2) lead the 27 car train enroute for interchange with the Belt Railway of Chicago at Commerical Avenue Yard. Taken: 12-28-22
This location will be entirety different as NICTD has started preparations for their new route to Dyer, IN, starting right here in the heart of Hammond in future years.
Ringing in the new year with a burnt out ditch light! A seemingly impossible fix and multiple second attempts by others, the ditch light will be left burnt out…it adds more character right?
Anyway, a rare sunny January day in Chicago, South Shore Freight’s “Belt Job” or AF4 is seen here crossing the Calumet River westbound with 30ish cars in tow for Belt Railway of Chicago’s Commercial Avenue Yard. The power this day was a pair of classic traction orange CSS GP38-2s (2002/2006). Lucky for me, the clouds played nice, as the day got shorter, the clouds came to steal whatever sun was left hovering around the east side. Taken: 1-9-23
CSS AF4 approaches State Line passing a part of Hammond's west side that was cleared out to make way for the future Hammond Gateway Station.
CSS AF4 rumbles across Parrish interlocking behind three Geeps including an ex-B&M FURX GP40-2 second out.
It’s a beautiful sunny day on Chicago’s East Side, as The Belt Job or train AF-4 from CSS Bailly Yard, roars up hill in run 8 for “Big Blue” bridge over the NS Chicago District with a GP38-2/GP40-2 combo. CSS 2009 leads an leased out FURX 4226, as they head west through Hegewisch, IL, bound for Belt Railway of Chicago’s Commercial Ave Yard after crossing the Indiana/Illinois State Line. Taken: 11-8-22
