Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotive # 260 at a coaling dock. Chicago Illinois. 1949., a photo by Eddie from Chicago on Flickr.
I found this photograph at my Link page Fallen Flags.Org, which is located to the right of your computer screen at www.rr-fallenflags.org
The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad which was once a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad, provided dependable and sometimes frequent freight train service between northwest suburban Schiller Park Illinois and Gary Indiana.
The IHB like many other American railroads, was in a big hurry to dieselize their locomotive roster after World War 2 had ended, retire and scrap their remaining steam locomotives for good. This task was completed by 1952.
Seen here during that smokey period of railroading known as "The Steam Era", an Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Alco 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive, is viewed taking on a fresh load of coal at an unknown locomotive terminal location somewhere perhaps on the southside of Chicago in 1949..
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