Steel City Junction Series: Gary Indiana's Hotspot. 8-10-09.

4:27PM-
As soon as I get there, I catch classic NS EMD power leading a Z-train East.
NS SD70M #2637
NS SD60I #6762 (Ex. Conrail)

4:36PM-
One good catch after another. Blue power leads this manifest East.
NS SD60M #6805 (Ex. Conrail)
NS C40-9 #8871
NS SD70M-2 #2721

4:27PM-
As soon as the crossing gates lift, the KSW2 (or 3) returns to Kirk Yard with EJ&E #663 in charge.

5:04PM-
Amtrak Wolverine Train 354 heads out of Chicago with a Phase III NPCU on the point.
NPCU #90222
P42DC #27

5:14PM-
Two CSX units and a flatcar make a run down the City Line to Curtis Yard.
CSXT AC4400CW #48
CSXT AC4400CW #403

5:18PM-
A lengthy manifest highballs down the NS with foreign power trailing.
NS ES40DC #7514
UP AC4400CW #6883

5:43PM-
An already worn out CP AC4400 struggles with a huge train of intermodal and general merchandise cars.
CP AC4400CW #9549

5:56PM-
Something you don't see everyday through Pine Junction is a BNSF "Earthworm" Grain Train. I wish I knew the symbol before it got onto CSX trackage.
BNSF C44-9W #5841
BNSF C44-9W #5102
BNSF C44-9W #4121

6:01PM-
Amtrak Pere Marquette 370 heads out with the usual equipment.
P42DC #43
NPCU #90221

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[Sagittariu6]

Awesome catch! 5+ stars!

You said ex. Conrail for some engines in your post.

One may think this is a silly question but is that mean they do not exist anymore?

I once saw on YouTube 3 blue Conrail engines hardly towing 130 dump cars full of coal. It looked as if they were pulling a mountain.

[BoxcarFrank]

Nope Conrail doesn't exist. NS and CSX possess their assets. A lot of the Conrail units were repainted into NS and CSX schemes.

[peterandben]

F40PHs!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!

[TheMattsbro]

f40 sweet in phase three wow!

[argenvia]

Excellent!

an afternoon is to sit and watch a show for passenger and freight trains?

5 stars

Greetings from Argentina

gustavo

[TheADude213]

Nice video! Especially the F40 catch.

[bvick777]

Hey nice videos, where is this spot at, I live in Crown Point and go to Miller a lot which is right next to Gary. By the way, be careful out in Gary, lot of nuts running around that city that will shoot your for looking at them wrong. Crazy world we live in.

[AmtrakTitan455]

Nice video! The Amtrak train was nice!

[bitterman112]

Great Video, 5 Stars!

[Koficek]

It's very heavy, so u need two locos :-DDD

[BoxcarFrank]

No kidding!