My late father retired from the IHB. He always liked it. And I'm amazed it hasn't been bought out by now.
@truckerkevthepaidtourist
2 ай бұрын
Classic railroad around since 1907. The good old ihb You can watch a lot of harbor action all the time on the live stream from Blue Island Illinois with the live trains Channel..
@ghosttrain5588
Ай бұрын
Im a machinist for IHB its alot of fun working on these engines everyday lol its like stepping back in time bei g in that roundhouse
@TitanTrainSpotter
Ай бұрын
I bet it's fantastic!
@PCBill0622
2 ай бұрын
Nice catch of the meet and overall nice change of pace to shoot the Harbor. It would be interesting to know what's manufactured in the plant just to the northeast where there were covered hoppers parked into the building and a row of food service tankers outside. I couldn't quite make out the west-facing sign.
@TitanTrainSpotter
2 ай бұрын
I also couldn't make it out, but I tried street view on Google Maps and found that it's Sweetener Supply Company in Brookfield. Nice catch. I didn't even notice it. From their website: " For nearly 40 years we have been offering a variety of nutritive sugars, sweeteners, anti-caking & flow agents as well as plant based functional fibers. Operating manufacturing & distribution centers in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Nevad, Wisconsin and opening in 2024 our newest location in North Carolina."
@WillGrimm623
2 ай бұрын
Fun fact in 2009, SP4449 had to use the IHB BNSF interchange because of restrictions on the NS Chicago line bridge at 18th Street
@TitanTrainSpotter
2 ай бұрын
Cool! Didn't know that.
@TheresaBrown-dc5dt
2 ай бұрын
Didn't EMD have a plant building locomotives in La Grange?
@TitanTrainSpotter
2 ай бұрын
They did. My understanding is they stopped building locomotives around 2000, but continued to build the engines and send them to the London, Ontario plant for assembly. In 2018, they stopped building engines. I think they still make parts there as a much smaller operation, and maintain their HQ there. It's actually in the adjoining Village of McCook (pop around 250 - smallest town in Cook County), but there is no post office there so they maintain a LaGrange mailing address. Thanks for watching!
@TomStarcevich-fb3qo
16 күн бұрын
Hammond Indiana is probably a better spot to rail fan the harbor belt .They have a old round house there they still use
@TitanTrainSpotter
16 күн бұрын
I'll check it out. Any particular spots with good views?
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