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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:11/11/2011 - 11/11/2011
Album Info:The East Chicago ArcelorMittal steel plant (former Inland Steel) uses a fleet of flat cars for intra-plant movements. With the vantage point of a walkway over the Norfolk Southern, Indiana Harbor Belt, and Elgin Joliet & Eastern tracks in the heart of the steel plant, I caught this line of empty flatcars being shuffled around the plant by an SW1500 switcher. Interesting to note are the nicknames painted on some of the flatcars. Sure makes it easier to identify the car than a series of numbers.
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NS 4641 and MTSX 310
Title:  NS 4641 and MTSX 310
Description:  Working the ArcelorMittal plant area are these two units, one picking up coil cars while the other shuffling intraplant flatcars bround.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:36:51 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 4641(GP59) MTSX 310(SW1500)
Views:  306   Comments: 2
MTSX 310
Title:  MTSX 310
Description:  The conductor walks along with the switcher after setting the first switch for the train.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:50:59 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MTSX 310(SW1500)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
MTSX 310
Title:  MTSX 310
Description:  The plant switcher pulls the string of empty flatcars out onto the IHB line before shoving them back into the plant.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:33 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MTSX 310(SW1500)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
MZSX 310
Title:  MZSX 310
Description:  The plant switcher pulls the string of empty flatcars out onto the IHB line before shoving them back into the plant.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:38 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MTSX 310(SW1500)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
MTSX 310
Title:  MTSX 310
Description:  Now the plant switcher is pushing the snakf line of empty flat cars farther into the plant.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:43 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 122(P42DC)
Views:  193   Comments: 2
MTSX 310
Title:  MTSX 310
Description:  The conductor in green stands on one of the flatcars at the end of the line directing the backup maneuver zarther into the plant
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:48 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MTSX 310(SW1500)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
INLX 2767
Title:  INLX 2767
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:27:22 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 0
INLX 2050
Title:  INLX 2050
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:54 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
INLX 2122
Title:  INLX 2122
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. Note the nickname "Paola" on its side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 9:51:58 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  116   Comments: 0
INLX 2212
Title:  INLX 2212
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:06:58 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
INLX 2257
Title:  INLX 2257
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:07:05 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
INLX 2400
Title:  INLX 2400
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. Note the nickname "Santa" painted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:07:11 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 0
INLX 2604
Title:  INLX 2604
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. Note the `ickname "Camila" painted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/22/2011 10:07:17 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
INLX 2608
Title:  INLX 2608
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. One of only a few that still carry the "Inland Steel" label.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:07:42 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
INLY 2624
Title:  INLY 2624
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. Note the nickname "Adriana" painted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:07:59 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
INLX 2645
Title:  INLX 2645
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:08:04 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  89   Comments: 0
INLX 2654
Title:  INLX 2654
Description:  One of tje steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. Note the nickname "Iris" painted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:27:04 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 0
INLX 2704
Title:  INLX 2704
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:27:33 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 0
INLX 2771
Title:  INLX 2771
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements. NOte the nickname "Lucia" painted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:27:28 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
INLX 2909
Title:  INLX 2909
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars used as a shoving platform for intraplant movements. NOte the nicknames "Banca" and "Tim Rutledge" uainted on the side.
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:27:33 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  169   Comments: 0
INLX 8103
Title:  INLX 8103
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:36:39 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
INLX 8232
Title:  INLX 8232
Description:  One of the steel mill flatcars for intraplant movements
Photo Date:  11/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 10:36:44 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0


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