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1/29/2026
 
 
 
 
 
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Crossing Clark Road
Title:  Crossing Clark Road
Description:  #658 & 664 head east across Clark Road at Pine Junction, on their way to Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  3/2/2004  Upload Date: 6/17/2008 12:37:17 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 658(SD38-2) EJE 664(SD38-3)
Views:  1564   Comments: 2
EJ&E 7Pack
Title:  EJ&E 7Pack
Description:  SD38-2 #672, on the point of an EJ&E 7 pack, leads an eastbound mixed freight downgrade to Kirk Yard on their mainline at Pine Junction. .
Photo Date:  4/9/2004  Upload Date: 7/14/2004 9:25:33 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EJE 672(SD38-2) EJE 658(SD38-2) EJE 663(SD38-3) EJE 675(SD38-2)
Views:  3242   Comments: 4
GJ&E SD38-2 658
Title:  GJ&E SD38-2 658
Description:  An impressive abundance of J motive power at Kirk Yard's western terminus!
Photo Date:  1/26/2005  Upload Date: 3/26/2005 6:24:28 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 658(SD38-2)
Views:  1485   Comments: 3
EJ&E SD38-2 662
Title:  EJ&E SD38-2 662
Description:  With ex-B&LE #671 & caboose westbound on the J mainline out of Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  5/16/2003  Upload Date: 1/27/2004 5:09:51 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 662(SD38-2) EJE 671(SD38-2)
Views:  2435   Comments: 1
EJ&E Coal Freight on the Lakefront Line
Title:  EJ&E Coal Freight on the Lakefront Line
Description:  EJ&E #654 - perhaps the only unmodified J SD38 and still sporting the older "Green Ball" livery - leads sister #662 and a long coal freight west out of Kirk Yard on the Lakefront Line, much to the delight of visiting railfans.
Photo Date:  8/6/2006  Upload Date: 10/19/2006 9:44:12 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 654(SD38) EJE 662(SD38-2)
Views:  1633   Comments: 1
EJ&E-NS Meet
Title:  EJ&E-NS Meet
Description:  Holding after meeting on the J's elevated-mailine grade just west of Kirk Yard, the crews of an eastbound J mixed freight and a westbound empty NS coke train exchange pleasantries.
Photo Date:  7/21/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 2:31:39 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 662(SD38-2) NS 9925(C40-9W)
Views:  1283   Comments: 0
EJ&E Meet
Title:  EJ&E Meet
Description:  On the J's elevated mainline at Pine Junction.
Photo Date:  3/20/2004  Upload Date: 4/8/2004 11:11:44 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EJE 665(SD38-2) EJE 650(SD38) EJE 670(SD38-2) EJE 656(SD38-3)
Views:  2972   Comments: 2
EJ&E SD38-2 667
Title:  EJ&E SD38-2 667
Description:  Westbound over Clark Road on the J elevated mainline at Pine junction.
Photo Date:  11/6/2004  Upload Date: 12/11/2004 6:51:57 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 667(SD38-2)
Views:  1217   Comments: 2
EJ&E SD38-2 #668 & SD38-3 #659
Title:  EJ&E SD38-2 #668 & SD38-3 #659
Description:  Eastbound downgrade on the elevated J mainline to Kirk Yard.
Photo Date:  6/4/2005  Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:28:55 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EJE 668(SD38-2) EJE 659(SD38-3)
Views:  1804   Comments: 0
EJ&E SD38-2s 672 & 670
Title:  EJ&E SD38-2s 672 & 670
Description:  Working on the south side of Markham Yard.
Photo Date:  5/10/2009  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 7:47:55 PM
Location:  Homewood, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 672(SD38-2) EJE 670(SD38-2)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
EJ&E 671
Title:  EJ&E 671
Description:  #671 - with HLCX #6519 - sits at the north end of the J's Whiting Yard.
Photo Date:  5/31/2008  Upload Date: 7/14/2008 8:23:30 PM
Location:  Whiting, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 671(SD38-2) HLCX 6519(SD40M-3)
Views:  1221   Comments: 2
EJ&E SD38-2 673
Title:  EJ&E SD38-2 673
Description:  Westbound upgrade out of Kirk Yard on the J's elevated mainline at the Clark Road overpass.
Photo Date:  4/8/2006  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 7:04:03 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 673(SD38-2)
Views:  1103   Comments: 0
Thanksgiving Day Traffic on the J
Title:  Thanksgiving Day Traffic on the J
Description:  EJ&E trains head east and west in an out of Kirk Yard late on Thanksgiving Day 2006. They're crossing Clark Road on their elevated-mainline overpass.
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/27/2007 7:00:10 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  EJE 654(SD38) EJE 675(SD38-2) EJE 664(SD38-3)
Views:  1628   Comments: 1
IHB SD38-2 3862
Title:  IHB SD38-2 3862
Description:  Eastbound on the IHB main at the UP/IHB diamonds, Dolton Junction.
Photo Date:  8/31/2003  Upload Date: 2/16/2004 8:21:55 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 3862(SD38-2)
Views:  1990   Comments: 0
Indiana Harbor Belt's Michigan Avenue Yard
Title:  Indiana Harbor Belt's Michigan Avenue Yard
Description:  A colorful late-afternoon view of the south end of IHB's Michigan Avenue Yard. The view is looking north from Calumet Junction. Part of the Mittal Steel (ex-Inland Steel) complex is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  3/19/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 9:58:55 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 3862(SD38-2) IHB 1516(SW1500)
Views:  1461   Comments: 0
IHB Motive Power
Title:  IHB Motive Power
Description:  A sampling of IHB motive power on display behind the Gibson shops-area roundhouse.
Photo Date:  7/12/2007  Upload Date: 8/26/2007 12:26:03 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Locomotives:  IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 3862(SD38-2) IHB 2920(SD20) IHB 4015(GP40-2)
Views:  1758   Comments: 2


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