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By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:2/15/1964 - 12/22/1987
Album Info:Photos of the IHB in and around Chicago between 1965 and 1987.
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IHB SW1500 9205
Title:  IHB SW1500 9205
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1500 9205 at Norpaul Yard, Franklin Park, Illinois on June 2, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  6/2/1986  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 1:04:00 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  IHB 9205(SW1500)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
IHB Caboose 19
Title:  IHB Caboose 19
Description:  IHB Caboose 19 at Norpaul Yard in Franklin Park, Illinois on October 6, 1985, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  10/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 4:04:43 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  560   Comments: 0
IHB 22
Title:  IHB 22
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 22 at Franklin Park, Illinois on May 3, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  5/3/1986  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 1:39:05 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  239   Comments: 0
IHB 55
Title:  IHB 55
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad caboose 55 at McCook, Illinois on August 7, 1976, Kodachrome by J. H. Nixon, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  8/7/1976  Upload Date: 5/23/2013 10:49:46 AM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  J. H. Nixon
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  IHB 9008(SW9)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8720
Title:  IHB NW2 8720
Description:  IHB NW2 8720 at Gary, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2012 11:40:38 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8720(NW2)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8734
Title:  IHB NW2 8734
Description:  IHB NW2 8734 at Franklin Park, Illinois on February 5, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/5/1988  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 2:31:26 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8734(NW2) IHB 8790(NW2) IHB 8814(NW2)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8738
Title:  IHB NW2 8738
Description:  IHB NW2 8738 at Norpaul Yard in Franklin Park, Illinois on October 6, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  10/6/1986  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 2:10:13 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8738(NW2)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8739
Title:  IHB NW2 8739
Description:  IHB NW2 8739 at Gibson, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 3:28:38 PM
Location:  Gibson, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8739(NW2)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8740
Title:  IHB NW2 8740
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8740 at Norpaul Yard near Franklin Park, Illinois on September 7, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  9/7/1986  Upload Date: 8/23/2013 11:37:30 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8740(NW2)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8783
Title:  IHB NW2 8783
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8783 at Gary, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 8/23/2013 12:29:53 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8783(NW2) IHB 8718(NW2)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8784
Title:  IHB NW2 8784
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8784 at Proviso, Illinois on February 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 3/27/2012 12:17:09 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8784(NW2)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
IHB NW2 8791
Title:  IHB NW2 8791
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8791 at Norpaul Yard in Franklin Park, Illinois on June 2, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  6/2/1986  Upload Date: 1/20/2018 7:46:10 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8791(NW2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8798
Title:  IHB NW2 8798
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8798 at about 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on June'13, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 3/27/2012 1:00:29 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8798(NW2)
Views:  481   Comments: 2
IHB NW2 8814
Title:  IHB NW2 8814
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8814 and 8792 at McCook, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2013 1:41:19 PM
Location:  McCook, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8814(NW2) IHB 8792(NW2)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8814
Title:  IHB NW2 8814
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8814 at Franklin Park, Illinois on February 5, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/5/1988  Upload Date: 3/9/2018 8:51:06 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8814(NW2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8822
Title:  IHB NW2 8822
Description:  IHB NW2 8822 at LaGrange, Illinois on November 15, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  11/15/1964  Upload Date: 5/15/2012 10:54:51 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8822(NW2)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8831
Title:  IHB NW2 8831
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8831 at Norpaul Yard in Franklin Park, Illinois on July 29, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  7/29/1986  Upload Date: 5/23/2013 12:05:00 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8831(NW2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8833
Title:  IHB NW2 8833
Description:  Ijdiana Harbor Belt Railroad NW2 8833 at Gary, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 5/23/2013 1:12:48 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8833(NW2)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
IHB NW2 8834
Title:  IHB NW2 8834
Description:  IHB NW2 8834 at LaGrange, Illinois on November 15, 1964, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  11/15/1964  Upload Date: 5/15/2012 11:49:14 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8834(NW2)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8836
Title:  IHB SW7 8836
Description:  IHB SW7 8836 at the Chicago Junction yard on June 13, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 11/4/2011 3:38:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8836(SW7)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
IHB SW7 8838
Title:  IHB SW7 8838
Description:  IHB SW7 8838 at the Chicago Junction yard, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8838 was built in January 1950 (c/n 8129) on EMD Order E1136, later becoming PC and CR 8838, scrapped by the CR at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania during June 1992. Not a bad headquarters building in the background for a railroad that owned only 2.185 miles of track.

The Chicago Junction Railways (CJ) was the parent of the Union Stock and Transit Company of Chicago, which was organized in 1865 to consolidate all the trackage into the Union Stock Yards. On December 15, 1897, the USY&T leased its railroad property to the Chicago and Indiana State Line. In August 1897, USY&T parent Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company bought control of the Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad, which was building an outer belt line around Chicago, with trackage rights over the Terminal Railroad from Argo to the stock yards. The Chicago and Indiana State Line and Chicago, Hammond and Western merged on April 26, 1898 to form the Chicago Junction Railway, now operating two belt lines. However, on October 31, 1907, the outer belt line was sold to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, and the Chicago Junction was back to its original trackage in and around the stock yards. On May 19, 1922, the New York Central Railroad bought control of the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad (CR&I) and simultaneously leased the Chicago Junction to the CR&I for 99 years at an annual rental of $2,000,000. On August 26, 1958, the CR&I acquired the property of the Chicago Junction and lessor USY&T, and in 1976 Conrail acquired the CR&I's lines, now (March 16, 2011) operated by the Norfolk Southern.

Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 3/16/2011 12:13:45 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8838(SW7)
Views:  825   Comments: 1
IHB SW7 8839
Title:  IHB SW7 8839
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8839 and New York Central Railroad SW1 611 at the Chicago Junction yard in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8839 was built in January 1950 (c/n 8130) on EMD Order E1136, became PC 8839 and possibly CR 8867, scrapped by the CR at Hollidaysburg. Number 611 was built in October 1950 (c/n 11768) on EMD Order 6115, and later became NYC/PC/CR 8437.

This is an interesting location, by the date of this photo, it is the property of the Chicago River & Indiana Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad. From the beginning of the 20th Century, this had been the property of the Chicago Junction Railway (a company formed by merging the Chicago and Indiana State Line, and Chicago, Hammond and Western on April 26, 1898) to form the Chicago Junction Railway, with the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago (USY&T) as the parent company, and although the CJ owned but 2.185 miles of track, it appears that it was the last two miles into the Chicago Union Stock Yards, so if your intention was to get livestock delivered to the stockyards, you had to deal with the CJ (NYC). On May 19, 1922, the New York Central Railroad bought control of the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad (CR&I) and simultaneously leased the Chicago Junction to the CR&I. On August 26, 1958, the CR&I acquired the property of the Chicago Junction and lessor USY&T, and in 1976 the Conrail acquired the CR&I's lines.

Photo Date:  5/9/1965  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 10:00:29 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8839(SW7) NYC 611(SW1)
Views:  1347   Comments: 2
IHB SW7 8841
Title:  IHB SW7 8841
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8841 at the Chicago Junction Yard in Chicago, Illinois on June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1950 (c/n 8132) on EMD Order E1136, and later becoming PC and CR 8841. It wound appear the the lower window on the fireman's side has been replaced.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 3/2/2011 12:02:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8841(SW7)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8861
Title:  IHB SW7 8861
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8861 stored at Gary, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 12:28:58 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 8861(SW7)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8871
Title:  IHB SW7 8871
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8871 and 8861 stored at Gary, Indiana on July 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/12/1982  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 11:14:09 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8871(SW7) IHB 8861(SW7)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
IHB SW7 8877
Title:  IHB SW7 8877
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW7 8877 and New York Central Railroad LRS-1200 6210 at 63rd Street (Englewood) in Chicago, Illinois on March 14, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/14/1965  Upload Date: 11/4/2011 2:27:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 8877(SW7) NYC 6210(LRS-1200)
Views:  1388   Comments: 2
IHB SW9 9005
Title:  IHB SW9 9005
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW9 9005 at Gary, Indiana on July 27, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/27/1987  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 1:11:47 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 9005(SW9)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 9208
Title:  IHB SW1500 9208
Description:  Indiana Harboq Belt Railroac SW1500 9208 at an unknown location on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/8/2018 9:47:35 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IHB 9208(SW1500)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 9208
Title:  IHB SW1500 9208
Description:  Plain bearings on Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1500 9208 at Riverdale, Illinois on February 26, 1983, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  2/26/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 11:22:03 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 9208(SW1500) IHB 9216(SW1500)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 9213
Title:  IHB SW1500 9213
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1500 9208 and 9213 at Franklin Park, Illinois on August 10, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  8/10/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 11:53:34 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 9213(SW1500)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 9214
Title:  IHB SW1500 9214
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1500 9214 at Franklin Park, Illinois on July 29, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  7/29/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 12:44:01 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IHB 9214(SW1500)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 9216
Title:  IHB SW1500 9216
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1500 9216 and 9207 at Franklin Park, Illinois on June 2, 1986, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:  6/2/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:23:45 PM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IHB 9216(SW1500) IHB 9207(SW1500)
Views:  351   Comments: 0


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