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Viewing Album:  Looking Down on a Hot Metal Bottle Train
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:1/28/2012 - 1/28/2012
Album Info:While on the walkway suspended over the NS tracks in East Chicago, I had a chance to get some pics of the daily hot metal bottle train run heading from the ArcelorMittal plant in East Chicago to the finishing mill in Riverdale, IL, about 20 miles away as the car drives (don't know the distance for a crow flying). If you look hard enough, you can catch a shadow of me from the railing - as if anyone needs to see that!
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NS 5168
Title:  NS 5168
Description:  Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5168 rolls slowly under the Cline Avenue on-ramp with its hot metal bottle train cars hidden behind.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:09:49 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5168(GP38-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
NS 5168
Title:  NS 5168
Description:  The tall nose on this NS GP38 looks clean and sharp from above. Even the yellow grab irons look sharp.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:10:08 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5168(GP38-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
NS 5168
Title:  NS 5168
Description:  With the ArcelorMittal steel plant as a backdrop, NS 5168 slowly moves down the IHB "Little Egypt" line south and west toward Riverdale, IL, and the finishing mill for the molten steel.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:10:26 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 1
IHB 46728
Title:  IHB 46728
Description:  First car behind NS 5168 is an Indiana Harbor Belt spacer car.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:10:51 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 1
INLX 138
Title:  INLX 138
Description:  The 2nd car is INLX hot metal bottle car #138. PS - let's play "Where's Gary" - can you spot me?
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:11:12 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  141   Comments: 0
IHB 913
Title:  IHB 913
Description:  Third car is this Indiana Harbor Belt gondola as a spacer in the bottle train.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:27:59 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  69   Comments: 0
INLX 202
Title:  INLX 202
Description:  The 4th car in the train was the hot metal bottle car INLX 202. Again, can you spot me?
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:28:10 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  120   Comments: 0
IHB XXXXX
Title:  IHB XXXXX
Description:  The 5th car is this Indiana Harbor Belt gondola as a spacer - no idea what its number is.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:28:25 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
INLX 148
Title:  INLX 148
Description:  The 6th car is bottle car #148.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:28:40 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
GONX 310897
Title:  GONX 310897
Description:  The 7th car in the bottle train is this TTX Co gondola used as a spacer.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:29:02 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  109   Comments: 0
INLX 144
Title:  INLX 144
Description:  The 8th car is hot metal bottle car #144. Still spotting me??
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:41:55 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  109   Comments: 0
IHB 46769
Title:  IHB 46769
Description:  Ninth and last car in the hot metal bottle car train is this Indiana Harbor Belt gondola as the end spacer car with its little red FRED attached!
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:42:16 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
NS 5168 Hot Metal Bottle Car Train
Title:  NS 5168 Hot Metal Bottle Car Train
Description:  The hot metal bottle car train cuts across the single Elgin Joliet and Eastern Lakefront Branch and then the triple NS tracks on its way south and west on the IHB "Egyptian Line" (used to reach Cairo, IL, hence its nickname).
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:42:30 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 1
NS 5168 Hot Metal Bottle Car Train
Title:  NS 5168 Hot Metal Bottle Car Train
Description:  The hot metal bottle car train slowly rolls across the former Elgin Joliet and Eastern Lakefront Line and the triple NS tracks as it heads to the ArcelorMittal finishing plant in Riverdale, IL.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:42:49 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 2

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