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1/7/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Sam Beck
Dates:1/1/2006 - 12/31/2030
Album Info:These are photos taken by me in the beautiful city of Hammond, IN, known for our casinos and steel mills.
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Not an empty sidewalk in the house
Title:  Not an empty sidewalk in the house
Description:  Hillary Clinton came to town for a speech to drum up Indiana votes. I'm no fan of hers, but I'm certainly a fan of the NKP steam locomotive. Also part of the group that has plans to restore it to operating condition. www.nwirps.org
Photo Date:  3/28/2008  Upload Date: 3/28/2008 6:27:38 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 624(2-8-2)
Views:  1180   Comments: 4
The Service Train
Title:  The Service Train
Description:  2 SW1500s and a Slug
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 7:46:27 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1508(SW1500) IHB 1523(SW1500) IHB 479(Yard Slug)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
IHB 1508
Title:  IHB 1508
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 7:44:09 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1508(SW1500)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
IHB 1508
Title:  IHB 1508
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 7:44:45 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1508(SW1500)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
What the #*@&
Title:  What the #*@&
Description:  I couldn't believe it! The IHB was switching Gibson with two NS Dash 9's hooked up to the oldest locomotive on the roster, NW2 8811, which is almost 60 years old.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 6:01:26 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 8811(NW2) NS 9507(C40-9W) NS 9690(C40-9W)
Views:  574   Comments: 2
Two Dash 9s and an NW2
Title:  Two Dash 9s and an NW2
Description:  All these units were a team of switchers for the west end of Gibson yard.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 6:03:35 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9690(C40-9W) NS 9507(C40-9W) IHB 8811(NW2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
NS 9507
Title:  NS 9507
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:59:52 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9507(C40-9W)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
NS 9507
Title:  NS 9507
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:59:34 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9507(C40-9W)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Under Calumet Avenue
Title:  Under Calumet Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:59:14 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9690(C40-9W) NS 9507(C40-9W)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
NS 9690
Title:  NS 9690
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:58:24 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9690(C40-9W)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
NS 9690
Title:  NS 9690
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:58:06 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9690(C40-9W)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
BNSF 4546
Title:  BNSF 4546
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:45:16 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4546(C44-9W)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
BNSF 4546
Title:  BNSF 4546
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:44:54 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4546(C44-9W)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Another Oddball Set of Switchers
Title:  Another Oddball Set of Switchers
Description:  The IHB was using these two pumpkins to switch the west end of Gibson. Yesterday was 2 NS Dash 9s with an NW2.
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:49:15 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4546(C44-9W) BNSF 976(C44-9W)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
BNSF 976
Title:  BNSF 976
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:46:18 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 976(C44-9W)
Views:  706   Comments: 0
BNSF 976
Title:  BNSF 976
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:45:51 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 976(C44-9W)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Framed by the gate
Title:  Framed by the gate
Description:  IHB 4018 was switching an industrial spur.
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:54:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4018(GP40-2)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Another One Gone
Title:  Another One Gone
Description:  4018 is off my list of IHB locos to shoot.
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:54:00 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4018(GP40-2)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
IHB 4018
Title:  IHB 4018
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:53:44 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4018(GP40-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
NS 2775
Title:  NS 2775
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:48:01 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2775(SD70M-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
NS 2775
Title:  NS 2775
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:47:40 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2775(SD70M-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Big Blue and the Orange Pumpkin
Title:  Big Blue and the Orange Pumpkin
Description:  A big blue unit passes by an orange pumpkin.
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:51:09 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8405(C40-8W) BNSF 4546(C44-9W)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
NS 8405
Title:  NS 8405
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:47:14 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8405(C40-8W)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
NS 8405
Title:  NS 8405
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:46:48 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8405(C40-8W)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Large power on the IHB
Title:  Large power on the IHB
Description:  2 GE Dash 9s, a Dash 8, and an SD70M-2
Photo Date:  3/30/2008  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 7:52:57 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8405(C40-8W) NS 2775(SD70M-2) BNSF 4546(C44-9W) BNSF 976(C44-9W)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
CSX 7695
Title:  CSX 7695
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:36:40 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7695(C40-8W)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
CSX 7695
Title:  CSX 7695
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:36:20 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7695(C40-8W)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
CSX in the Sun
Title:  CSX in the Sun
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:42:57 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8787(SD60) CSX 7695(C40-8W)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
A rare unit
Title:  A rare unit
Description:  CSX 8787 is ex BN 8300, one of three SD60s that wore the infamous tiger stripe scheme.
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:34:56 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8787(SD60)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
CSX 8787
Title:  CSX 8787
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:31:47 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8787(SD60)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Oddball numbering on the IHB
Title:  Oddball numbering on the IHB
Description:  Anybody know what's up with the larger 5 and 1s? This caught my eye right away.
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:40:04 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1510(SW1500)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
We've got a meet at the state line
Title:  We've got a meet at the state line
Description:  Stopped CSX auto train meets a Harbor transfer full of auto racks and parts boxcars. Tacked on the end were some double stacks, which is a rarity.
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:41:20 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8787(SD60) IHB 2922(SD20) IHB 1510(SW1500)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
Oddball combination
Title:  Oddball combination
Description:  You don't see the Harbor hooking up a SW1500 and SD20 that often. This was one hell of a long train, stretching nearly 2 miles, with only these two locomotives for power.
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:39:15 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 2922(SD20) IHB 1510(SW1500)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Stacks on the Harbor
Title:  Stacks on the Harbor
Description:  Another odd find, as it's mostly autoracks and mixed freights on the IHB mainline in Hammond.
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 7:44:37 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  89   Comments: 1
CSX 139
Title:  CSX 139
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:17:39 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 139(AC44CW)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
More Odd Gibson Switchers
Title:  More Odd Gibson Switchers
Description:  The IHB was using CSX 139 to switch today, along with IHB 2272.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:17:21 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 139(AC44CW)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
GECX 8663
Title:  GECX 8663
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 10:58:42 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GECX 8663(SD40T-2)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Former and Latter
Title:  Former and Latter
Description:  Two forms of road power. One UP, one ex. One wide nose, one standard. Both cool.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:00:35 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3834(SD70M) GECX 8663(SD40T-2)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
IHB 1500
Title:  IHB 1500
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:10:23 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1500(SW1500)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
IHB 1514
Title:  IHB 1514
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:14:22 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1514(SW1500)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
IHB 1514
Title:  IHB 1514
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:13:13 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1514(SW1500)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
IHB 1522
Title:  IHB 1522
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:12:32 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1522(SW1500)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
IHB 1522
Title:  IHB 1522
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:09:24 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1522(SW1500)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
IHB 4012
Title:  IHB 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:11:54 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4012(GP40-2)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
IHB 4012
Title:  IHB 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:13:47 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4012(GP40-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
IHB 4017 puts on a show
Title:  IHB 4017 puts on a show
Description:  IHB 4017 was switching some industrial trackage, then left for Burnham. The crew of this unit did move some UP power, and boy was that a great show.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:03:25 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 4017(GP40-2)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
IHB 478
Title:  IHB 478
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:11:04 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 478(Yard Slug)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
IHB 478
Title:  IHB 478
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:08:36 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 478(Yard Slug)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
The Service Train (that Ryan missed)
Title:  The Service Train (that Ryan missed)
Description:  3 SW1500s, a GP40-2, and a slug. Too bad that our buddy Ryan left two minutes prior to this arrival.
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:07:08 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 478(Yard Slug) IHB 1522(SW1500) IHB 1500(SW1500) IHB 4012(GP40-2) IHB 1514(SW1500)
Views:  877   Comments: 0
A beautiful consist
Title:  A beautiful consist
Description:  3 SW1500s and a GP40-2. Beautiful paint, no obstructions, and the sun at my back. Does it get any better than this?
Photo Date:  4/5/2008  Upload Date: 4/5/2008 11:08:06 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Sam Beck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 1522(SW1500) IHB 1500(SW1500) IHB 4012(GP40-2) IHB 1514(SW1500)
Views:  743   Comments: 0


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