This is one of My all time favorite working railroad photos I had taken.
I was definately in the right place at the right time, when I captured this image of the "Rarely Seen" Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad industrial switching local that serves the factorys along Armitage Street in near northwest suburban Melrose Park Illinois.
On this lovely and very sunlit October morning in 2007, We spot the local backing up and operating caboose first, heading slowly toward nearby Illinois U.S Routes # 12 and # 45 / Manheim Road. The caboose conductor is viewed giving radio instructions to the crew operating the locomotive on the rear of the train. Out of view, are two railroad crew members with flags in their hands, to stop traffic at the many stationary crossbuck railroad crossings enroute. It is a slow stop and go operation.
This train operates out of the nearby Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad's Norpaul Yard.
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