I was definately in the right place and right time with My camera, when I had the pleasure of spotting the rarely seen Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad switching local slowly passing through Melrose Park Illinois. We are looking east at the Corning Avenue railroad crossing alongside Armitage Street, in northwest suburban Melrose Park Illinois. Out of view to the left, was a flagman stopping all vechicle traffic at the many industrial driveway entrances along the branchline. Up on the open platform, we see the conductor relaying commands to the locomotive engineer via a two way hand held radio. It was a very slow moving constant stop and go operation. The short train is heading to other industries west of Manheim Road / Illinois U.S Route # 12 and # 45 in Melrose Park Illinois on a lovely Autum afternoon.
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