Eastern Railroad Discussion > Hammond Halloween, Pumpkin Time

Took a couple of PTO this afternoon to head home for the trick or treaters. I was slightly delayed by the appearance of Chicago, Ft, Wayne and Eastern's Chicago-bound freight as it departed from IHB's Gibson Yard in Hammond, IN with CFE 4037 and 4032 in the lead. It's usually possible to get two attempts at a train along Willow Court so I headed west to the other side of Hohman Junction (crossing of the NS Ft. Wayne Line). 
A surprise awaited in the form of BNSF 6078 waiting to head east with BNSF8248. 

 

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The westbound CFE train rolled past the BNSF 6078 which had been waiting for it to crossover at Hohman Jct. I headed back east to get the 6078 passing some fall color just west of the Calumet Avenue overpass.

The fun was not over yet. I was interuppted by a work call and pulled over to the side of Willow Court to answer it. As the call ended, a headlight appeared to the east. It was a westbound Indiana Harbor Belt train led by IHB 4019 and 4014.

Happy Halloween!

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Nice catches with great background.
JB

Wonderfully colorful images.
Bob

Thanks for the great photos. I spent much of my life in Robertsdale and did a fair amount of railfanning in "the Region."

Wow...pumpkin variety AND fall colors...way to score, Kevin !

• Tom - Seattle 

The IHB GP40 "pumpkins " will soon be repainted in the Harbor's more recent Black-with- orange-trim scheme which is an almost exact replica of the original diesel scheme back in 1948.