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| Viral Media posted Vintage 1946 IHB Map The Indiana Harbor Belt was formed in 1907 through several smaller systems operating around Chicago. The IHB's earliest predecessor was the East Chicago Belt Railroad, which began operations in 1896 serving the Indiana state line and Grasselli. Today, the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is the largest switch carrier in the U.S. with 54 miles of mainline track. The IHB provides a wide variety of services, including industrial switching with 160 customers, generating 170,000 carloads of business annually. The IHB interchanges daily with 16 other rail carriers in Chicago. A growing fleet of approximately 1,400 freight cars is geared predominately to the steel industry. The mergers, bankruptcies, and acquisitions which followed the 1960s lead to the current ownership of IHB; the Canadian Pacific picked up Milwaukee's 49% share through subsidiary Soo Line's acquisition of that road in 1985 while the 1999 buyout of Conrail brought in CSX and Norfolk Southern, giving each a 25.5% stake. The IHB is one of the three terminal lines that serve greater Chicago; IHB and the Belt Railway of Chicago are owned by major railroads, while CSX wholly-owns the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT). In the late 19th century there were numerous railroads that built lines to Chicago. The development of terminal railroads in Chicago facilitated efficient interchange of traffic amongst the many railroads. In addition to interchange and industrial switching, the IHB serves as a Chicago bypass and earns revenue from other railroads exercising trackage rights on the IHB mainline. Richard Fiedler shared |
Two of the seven photos posted by Mike Breski with a comment copied from dhke.
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When the West Towns diamonds were removed they made a change in the lead at the West end of the La Grange Yard. The Eastbound crossover between the Eastward track and the East Pass was removed when they depressed three of the tracks under the CB&Q bridge.
How much of the CJ did the IHB at one time operate over? I was told long ago that they once delivered to the CB&Q at Western Avenue.
During the late 50's and through the 60's did deliveries to the AT&SF from Gibson go via Elsdon or deliver at McCook?
When did they shut down the Eastward hump at Gibson? What is the track ownership pattern between Blue Island Jct. and Rose? Between Blue Island and Superior, the owner is B&OCT (CSX).
Superior is about midway between CP McCook and CP LaGrange. Between Superior and CP Rose, the owner is IHB.For answers,
A post that has so much information I saved it in a raw format as two screenshots.
(new window) Precision Scheduling Railroading practiced before the phrase was even invented. This is what PSR should be rather than being just an excuse to quit servicing carload traffic.
The Extent of the Indiana Harbor Belt
The West pass began at the Reynolds switch, right? When did they remove it between Superior and a rather undefined point North of 47th Street?When the West Towns diamonds were removed they made a change in the lead at the West end of the La Grange Yard. The Eastbound crossover between the Eastward track and the East Pass was removed when they depressed three of the tracks under the CB&Q bridge.
How much of the CJ did the IHB at one time operate over? I was told long ago that they once delivered to the CB&Q at Western Avenue.
During the late 50's and through the 60's did deliveries to the AT&SF from Gibson go via Elsdon or deliver at McCook?
When did they shut down the Eastward hump at Gibson? What is the track ownership pattern between Blue Island Jct. and Rose? Between Blue Island and Superior, the owner is B&OCT (CSX).
Superior is about midway between CP McCook and CP LaGrange. Between Superior and CP Rose, the owner is IHB.For answers,
A post that has so much information I saved it in a raw format as two screenshots.
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(new window) Precision Scheduling Railroading practiced before the phrase was even invented. This is what PSR should be rather than being just an excuse to quit servicing carload traffic.
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