The Flickr Ogdendunes Image Generatr

Westbound on the NS water level route Near Burns Harbor, Indiana is a NS hotshot with an EMD leader for a change on November 11, 2018.

BNSF SD70MAC #9752 brings up the rear of a coal train. It's hard to believe that a passenger version of this locomotive now exists.

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District #10 leads a westbound South Shore Line at Ogden Dunes. Ridership is heavy on this day because of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago and extra trains are being operated.

A South Shore Line train is seen at the Ogden Dunes Station.

The South Shore Line was operating extra service because of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago.

#4183 and #4803 lead an intermodal train at Burns Harbor. #4183 was rebuilt from NS C40-9W #8994. #4803 was rebuilt from C44-9W #9689. These units were rebuilt by Wabtec/GE/Erie.

Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4193 leads a westbound intermodal trail at Burns Harbor. This locomotive was rebuilt by Wabtec/GE/Erie from NS C40-9W #8994.

This train was heading west as I was pulling into the South Shore Line parking lot for the adjacent Ogden Dunes Station. normally park where the vehicle in the distance is.

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District #108 advertises the upcoming Chicago Cubs season.

CPKC ES44AC #8874 and its train inch towards Mile Post #488. It will stop here, then reverse into the steel mill yard.

CPKC AC4400CWM #8046 is viewed at Mile Post 488, Burns Harbor/Ogden Dunes, IN. The "488" means that this point is 488 miles west of Buffalo, NY, a holdover from this line's New York Central days.

CPKC has not yet integrated its locomotive roster #s. This locomotive was rebuilt from a GEAC44CW.

CSXT ES44AH #773 is the trailing unit on this eastbound freight at Burns Harbor.

Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8087 leads an eastbound train at Burns Harbor/Ogden Dunes.

Amtrak ALC-42 #321 leads the Chicago-bound Floridian at Burns Harbor. The Floridian is the result of combining the Chicago-Washington Capitol Limited and the New York City to Miami Silver Star.

Amtrak touts this as a service improvement, reviving "direct" Chicago to Florida service, something that hasn't existed since 1979 with the discontinuance of the original Floridian. Amtrak claims that this is only temporary, freeing up Superliners for other trains and tunnel reconstruction near New York City.

Amtrak must have had a memory lapse (or is ignorant of its own history). The original Floridian was a hard-luck train, suffering from bad track in Indiana, which led to poor time keeping and was the cause of numerous re-routes through the Hoosier State. causing the train to miss Indianapolis entirely. (According to "Passenger Train Journal", the sad joke at Amtrak was that the train should have been terminated at Louisville, with passengers bussed from that point north--it would have saved a lot of money and heartache). Numerous flip-flops of the schedule didn't help and a proposed re-route thru Atlanta never came to be.

The Norfolk Southern Chicago Line is indeed very busy and it's common to see run-throughs. One is seen at Burns Harbor led by ES44AC-H #792 on a really wet December day.

CSXT ES44AC-H #792 leads a westbound at Burns Harbor/Ogden Dunes. The rain is evident.

I sat in the car until trains came into sight. Having the scanner set to both NS and parallel CSS channels was handy.

A westbound Norfolk Southern train towards the fog at Burns Harbor. It is led by AC44C6M #4772. Many locomotives from this series were rebuilt from C40-9Ws.

NS ES44AC #8048 is about to overtake an SUV at Burns Harbor/Ogden Dunes.

On a wet December Day, Norfolk Southern AC44C6Ms #4773 and #4585 lead a westbound intermodal train through Ogden Dunes/Burns Harbor. The latter was originally built as a C44-9W and later rebuilt into a C40-9W.

Built in 1939, this Modern Usonian-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Andrew F. H. Armstrong. The three-story house follows the landscape of the dune upon which it sits, with a carport on the ground level, living spaces on the second floor, and bedrooms on the third floor, following Wright’s philosophy that took inspiration from the landscape around the buildings he designed. The house is clad in red brick and horizontal board-and-batten siding, with wooden trim, low-pitch roofs with wide overhanging eaves, large windows, and a terraced yard, which connect the interior spaces with the surrounding forest and dunes. The house received the addition of a two-car garage during the mid-20th Century, the only significant alteration to the property. Today, the house remains in use as a private residence.

Built in 1939, this Modern Usonian-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Andrew F. H. Armstrong. The three-story house follows the landscape of the dune upon which it sits, with a carport on the ground level, living spaces on the second floor, and bedrooms on the third floor, following Wright’s philosophy that took inspiration from the landscape around the buildings he designed. The house is clad in red brick and horizontal board-and-batten siding, with wooden trim, low-pitch roofs with wide overhanging eaves, large windows, and a terraced yard, which connect the interior spaces with the surrounding forest and dunes. The house received the addition of a two-car garage during the mid-20th Century, the only significant alteration to the property. Today, the house remains in use as a private residence.

Built in 1939, this Modern Usonian-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Andrew F. H. Armstrong. The three-story house follows the landscape of the dune upon which it sits, with a carport on the ground level, living spaces on the second floor, and bedrooms on the third floor, following Wright’s philosophy that took inspiration from the landscape around the buildings he designed. The house is clad in red brick and horizontal board-and-batten siding, with wooden trim, low-pitch roofs with wide overhanging eaves, large windows, and a terraced yard, which connect the interior spaces with the surrounding forest and dunes. The house received the addition of a two-car garage during the mid-20th Century, the only significant alteration to the property. Today, the house remains in use as a private residence.