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7/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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EJ&E GP38-2 703
Title:  EJ&E GP38-2 703
Description:  The J's only GP38-2, seen heading west on their elevated mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/25/2004  Upload Date: 11/28/2004 6:59:45 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 703(GP38-2)
Views:  1922   Comments: 0
IAIS GP38-2 #708
Title:  IAIS GP38-2 #708
Description:  On a branch line (CSX Track #9) with sisters 714 & 715 at Blue Island Junction.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 6/11/2005 4:09:42 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 708(GP38-2)
Views:  902   Comments: 2
IAIS GP38-2 #714
Title:  IAIS GP38-2 #714
Description:  Crossing Broadway St. on a branch line (CSX Track #9) with sisters 708 & 715 at Blue Island Junction.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 6/11/2005 4:14:15 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 714(GP38-2)
Views:  790   Comments: 5
IAIS GP38-2 #715
Title:  IAIS GP38-2 #715
Description:  On a branch line (CSX Track #9) with sisters 708 & 714 at Blue Island Junction.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 6/11/2005 4:18:12 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 715(GP38-2)
Views:  907   Comments: 2
IAIS 4 Pack
Title:  IAIS 4 Pack
Description:  Leading a northbound manifest at Blue Island Junction.
Photo Date:  8/6/2005  Upload Date: 11/1/2005 9:46:58 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 718(GP38-2) IAIS 721(GP38-2)
Views:  1067   Comments: 2
CSSSB GP38-2s #2009 & 2000
Title:  CSSSB GP38-2s #2009 & 2000
Description:  2009, 2000 and crew wait for a green board while holding westbound on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline.
Photo Date:  5/20/2006  Upload Date: 8/26/2006 10:15:36 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2009(GP38-2) CSS 2000(GP38-2)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
CSSSB 2007 & 2000
Title:  CSSSB 2007 & 2000
Description:  Hauling a short mixed freight west through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 2/14/2007 7:05:59 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2007(GP38-2) CSS 2000(GP38-2)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
CSSSB GP38-2 2001
Title:  CSSSB GP38-2 2001
Description:  Westbound on the CSX mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/10/2004  Upload Date: 11/13/2004 2:41:07 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2001(GP38-2)
Views:  1174   Comments: 1
CSS GP38-2s 2009 & 2002
Title:  CSS GP38-2s 2009 & 2002
Description:  Eastbound on the CSX ex-B&O mainline at the North Clark Rd. crossing, Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/23/2003  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 11:19:59 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2009(GP38-2) CSS 2002(GP38-2)
Views:  1698   Comments: 0
CSSSB GP38-2s 2003 & 2004
Title:  CSSSB GP38-2s 2003 & 2004
Description:  Leading a very short manifest westbound on the CSX mainline near dusk at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  11/26/2005  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 5:22:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2003(GP38-2) CSS 2004(GP38-2)
Views:  881   Comments: 0
CSSSB GP38s
Title:  CSSSB GP38s
Description:  Chicago SouthShore GP38-2s #2005 and 2007 are highlighted by the bright afternoon sun as they run light estbound through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2007 8:32:19 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2005(GP38-2) CSS 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
Chicago South Shore
Title:  Chicago South Shore
Description:  A westbound CSSSB freight led by GP38-2s #2006 & 2005 heads through Pine Junction on the CSX mainline, its passage recorded by IL railfan Alan Keightley and veteran railfan/photographer Dennis Schmidt.
Photo Date:  10/7/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 8:46:44 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2006(GP38-2) CSS 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  860   Comments: 0
Westbound CSSSB Freight
Title:  Westbound CSSSB Freight
Description:  Led by a pair of colorful CSS GP38-2s, this freight is about to cross the Calumet Junction diamonds on the CSX ex-B&OCT mainline.
Photo Date:  8/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/11/2008 12:52:03 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
CSSSB GP38-2 2007
Title:  CSSSB GP38-2 2007
Description:  Leading a short westbound manifest on the CSX mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  9/25/2004  Upload Date: 11/28/2004 6:37:32 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  838   Comments: 1
Going Opposite Ways
Title:  Going Opposite Ways
Description:  Heading eastbound light on the ex-B&O mainline, CSX CW44ACs #413 & 76 pass a westbound Chicago South Shore Line manifest led by GP38-2 #2009.
Photo Date:  9/29/2007  Upload Date: 4/22/2008 10:30:57 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSS 2009(GP38-2) CSX 413(AC44CW) CSX 76(AC44CW)
Views:  1158   Comments: 0
BNSF GP38 #2262
Title:  BNSF GP38 #2262
Description:  At IHB's Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  9/18/2005  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 6:24:10 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2262(GP38-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
CSX GP38-2 2529
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2529
Description:  Laying over at Curtis Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  10/23/2005  Upload Date: 1/1/2006 3:40:33 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2529(GP38-2)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
Sunday Best
Title:  Sunday Best
Description:  CSX GP38-2 #2554 has just pulled her train out of Curtis Yard and onto the CSX mainline as her conductor boards in perperation for departure. At least I think this fellow is the conductor. He's dressed in his "Sunday Best", unusual attire for a member of a train crew.
Photo Date:  9/2/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 1:16:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2554(GP38-2)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
CSX GP38-2 2564
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2564
Description:  Leading a CSX 3 pack eastbound on their ex-B&O mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/6/2004  Upload Date: 3/27/2004 10:35:51 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2564(GP38-2)
Views:  1026   Comments: 0
CSX 2571
Title:  CSX 2571
Description:  #2571 is holding with her westbound manifest just east of Calumet Avenue on the CSX-exBOCT mainline.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 1:14:33 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2571(GP38-2)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
Busy Times
Title:  Busy Times
Description:  In this late-afternoon view CSX C40-8 #7609 holds on the ex-B&O mainline with a westbound manifest while parallel Curtis Yard is host to a westbound coke freight led by CSX SD70AC #4782, EJ&E SD18M #813 light, and a scrap train led by CSX GP15T #1513 & GP38-2 #2630
Photo Date:  9/29/2007  Upload Date: 4/22/2008 10:37:26 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7609(C40-8) CSX 4782(SD70MAC) EJE 813(SD-M) CSX 1513(GP15T) CSX 2630(GP38-2)
Views:  1417   Comments: 4
CSX GP38-2 2632
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2632
Description:  #2632, at the head of a westbound mixed freight, approaches the Calumet Junction diamonds.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 2/14/2007 7:02:29 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2632(GP38-2)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
CSX GP38-2 2636
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2636
Description:  Holding westbound with a mixed freight at the west end of Curtis Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/4/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 12:11:43 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2636(GP38-2)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
CSX GP38-2 2676
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2676
Description:  A GP38-2 3 pack on a spur just east of the elevated CN/IC/Metra mainline.
Photo Date:  6/19/2004  Upload Date: 9/17/2004 4:44:32 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 2676(GP38-2)
Views:  970   Comments: 3
CSX Barr Yard Overpass
Title:  CSX Barr Yard Overpass
Description:  Barr Yard west-end bridge over Ashland Avenue.
Photo Date:  11/7/2004  Upload Date: 12/11/2004 8:22:52 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  CSX 2704(GP38-2)
Views:  1348   Comments: 2
CSX GP38-2 2706
Title:  CSX GP38-2 2706
Description:  Leading a short mixed freight east on her ex-B&O mainline, #2706 approaches the Rte. 12 (Industrial Highway) crossing.
Photo Date:  7/21/2007  Upload Date: 8/12/2007 11:30:35 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2706(GP38-2)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
IHB GP38-2 3801 & GP40-2 4012
Title:  IHB GP38-2 3801 & GP40-2 4012
Description:  Representing IHB's "old and new" liveries at their Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  10/24/2004  Upload Date: 12/5/2004 8:59:03 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 3801(GP38-2)
Views:  1432   Comments: 1
IHC GP38-2 3802
Title:  IHC GP38-2 3802
Description:  Southbound on the Kankakee Line at 148th Street.
Photo Date:  7/29/2003  Upload Date: 2/6/2004 4:51:11 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 3802(GP38-2)
Views:  1737   Comments: 2
Late-Afternoon IHB
Title:  Late-Afternoon IHB
Description:  Running longhood forward, GP38-2 #3802 leads a mixed freight south out of Michigan Ave. Yard on the Kankakee Line. She's assisted by NW2 #8814.
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 6/27/2007 10:23:07 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 3802(GP38-2) IHB 8814(NW2)
Views:  883   Comments: 0
CF&E 3883
Title:  CF&E 3883
Description:  Chicago,Fort Wayne & Eastern GP38-2 #3883 idles at the head of her mixed freight while waiting for clearance on the IHB mainline.
Photo Date:  6/16/2007  Upload Date: 6/27/2007 8:03:07 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CFE 3883(GP38-2)
Views:  1018   Comments: 5
CN GP40-2LW 9508 & GP38-2 4704
Title:  CN GP40-2LW 9508 & GP38-2 4704
Description:  Parked at the CN/IC Woodcrest shops area.
Photo Date:  4/23/2006  Upload Date: 7/18/2006 4:45:46 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 9508(GP40-2LW) CN 4704(GP38-2)
Views:  1429   Comments: 0
NS 5027
Title:  NS 5027
Description:  GP38-2 #5027 jockeys a string of steel-coil cars in Colehour Yard- at the Indiana/Illinois border.
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2007 2:38:32 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5027(GP38-2)
Views:  589   Comments: 1
NS GP38-2 5030
Title:  NS GP38-2 5030
Description:  High nose loco northbound on the Kankakee Line at Calumet Junction during the day's snowstorm.
Photo Date:  1/22/2005  Upload Date: 3/4/2005 7:52:34 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5030(GP38-2)
Views:  1015   Comments: 0
NS Geep 5042
Title:  NS Geep 5042
Description:  #5052 idles on the ex-NKP mainline just east of Indianapolis Blvd. in Woodmar.
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:47:22 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5042(GP38-2)
Views:  619   Comments: 2
Lazin' on an October Afternoon
Title:  Lazin' on an October Afternoon
Description:  #5042 idles on an IHB Kankakee-Line/NKP-main connector track.
Photo Date:  10/14/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 4:35:58 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5042(GP38-2)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
NS GPs
Title:  NS GPs
Description:  High-nose GP38-2 #5047 and Whiteface GP40-2 #3028 pull a cut of cars out of a local industry and onto an ex-NKP-mainline runner track near 165th St.
Photo Date:  10/8/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2006 2:28:17 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5047(GP38-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  1002   Comments: 2
NS 5114
Title:  NS 5114
Description:  High-nose GP38-2 #5114 heads north past the Calumet Junction interlocking tower.
Photo Date:  5/20/2007  Upload Date: 7/6/2007 2:57:24 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5114(GP38-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 2
NS Bottle Train
Title:  NS Bottle Train
Description:  NS #5114's northbound bottle train passes through Calumet Junction and enters IHB's Michigan Ave. Yard.
Photo Date:  5/20/2007  Upload Date: 7/6/2007 3:00:22 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5114(GP38-2)
Views:  746   Comments: 3
Bottle Train Meet
Title:  Bottle Train Meet
Description:  Two Mittal Steel molten-iron bottle trains meet on a portion of the Kankakee Line at Indiana Harbor (a northern part of East Chicago).
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:15:17 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4608(GP59) NS 5136(GP38-2)
Views:  1080   Comments: 2
NS 5146
Title:  NS 5146
Description:  Running long hood forward, #5146 approaches Calumet Junction on the CSX mainline.
Photo Date:  5/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 2:03:42 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5146(GP38-2)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
NS High Nose GP38-2 5152
Title:  NS High Nose GP38-2 5152
Description:  Running long hood forward with a Mittal Steel bottle train southbound on the IHB Kankakee Line.
Photo Date:  3/11/2006  Upload Date: 5/20/2006 12:31:49 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5152(GP38-2)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
NS GP38-2 5156
Title:  NS GP38-2 5156
Description:  High nose unit westbound on the ex-NYC mainline approaching Front Street.
Photo Date:  4/28/2003  Upload Date: 2/2/2004 12:59:31 AM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5156(GP38-2)
Views:  993   Comments: 1
NS GP38-2 5195
Title:  NS GP38-2 5195
Description:  High nose unit eastbound on the NS ex-NYC Chicago Line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  12/7/2003  Upload Date: 3/13/2004 11:20:25 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5195(GP38-2)
Views:  899   Comments: 2
NS GP38-2 5196/IHB NW2 8830
Title:  NS GP38-2 5196/IHB NW2 8830
Description:  High nose GP with an eastbound "bottle" train meets IHB #8830 on the Kankakee Line. Part of the ISPAT/Inland steel complex visible in background.
Photo Date:  4/2/2005  Upload Date: 5/5/2005 5:21:21 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5196(GP38-2)
Views:  1070   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 5204
Title:  NS GP38-2 5204
Description:  High nose unit westbound on the ex-NYC mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  7/16/2003  Upload Date: 2/1/2004 11:12:19 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5204(GP38-2)
Views:  1138   Comments: 2
NS GP38-2 5208
Title:  NS GP38-2 5208
Description:  High nose unit holding northbound on the Kankakee Line with an ISG "bottle" train.
Photo Date:  1/8/2005  Upload Date: 2/6/2005 8:03:46 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5208(GP38-2)
Views:  1059   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 5227
Title:  NS GP38-2 5227
Description:  High nose unit eastbound on the ex-NKP main at Osborn Ave.
Photo Date:  7/8/2004  Upload Date: 9/22/2004 8:57:37 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5227(GP38-2)
Views:  1067   Comments: 2
NS GP38-2 #5317
Title:  NS GP38-2 #5317
Description:  EX-CR loco working in Pine Yard at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  6/5/2005  Upload Date: 7/11/2005 2:50:14 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5317(GP38-2)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 #5324
Title:  NS GP38-2 #5324
Description:  After assembling her train #5324 heads east out of Pine Yard to her ex-NYC Chicago Line at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  6/18/2005  Upload Date: 7/12/2005 5:51:37 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5324(GP38-2)
Views:  894   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 5326
Title:  NS GP38-2 5326
Description:  Leading an eastbound autorack train through downtown Hammond on the ex-Nickel Plate mainline.
Photo Date:  8/6/2005  Upload Date: 11/1/2005 10:44:28 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5326(GP38-2)
Views:  644   Comments: 0


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